The Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Trophy, or Adams Cup for short, was the competition for the United States Women's Sailing Championship. The donor of the award was Francis Lovering Adams the wife of Charles Francis Adams III, former Secretary to the Navy and skipper of the 1920 America's Cup winner Resolute.[1][2][3] It had its origins in the 1924 Hodder Cup.[4] The Adams Cup was raced annually until 2011.[5] Now retired, the Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Trophy is on display in the Reading Room of the Tom Morris Library at the National Sailing Hall of Fame.
^Jack Ramsay (July 28, 1937). "Spars, Sails and Gadgets, National Women's Sailing Championships Set for American Y. C. Starting Sept. 8". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 17.
^"By Way of Mention". The New York Sun. July 10, 1940. p. 21.
^Guido Cribari (August 30, 1955). "Sports Once Over Weekly, Title Sail at Rye". Ossining, New York: Citizen Register.