Cummings, Edith (1899–1984)

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Cummings, Edith (1899–1984)

American golfer. Name variations: Mrs. Curtis Munson; Edith Cummings Munson; The Fairway Flapper. Born Edith Cummings, Mar 26, 1899, in Chicago, Illinois; died Nov 1984 in Washington, DC; dau. of Chicago socialites; m. Curtis Munson (prominent NY engineer), 1934.

Won the USGA Women's Amateur (1923); won the Western Women's Amateur (1924); with her movie-star looks, graced the cover of Time (Aug 24, 1924); dropped out of tournament golf (1926). F. Scott Fitzgerald fashioned the character Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby after Cummings.

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