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15 JUN 1878-10 JUN 1955 MARGARET ABBOTT

Margaret Abbott

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For the wife of Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia, see Margie Abbott.
Margaret Ives Abbott
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Personal information
Nickname(s)Marda
BornJune 15, 1878
Calcutta, India
DiedJune 10, 1955 (aged 76)
Greenwich, Connecticut[1]
OccupationGolfer, housewife
Years active1897–1955
Spouse(s)Finley Peter Dunne (m. 1902)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWomen's Golf
ClubChicago Golf Club
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1900 Summer Olympics
Margaret Ives Abbott (June 15, 1878 – June 10, 1955) was the first American woman to take first place in an Olympic event; she won the women's golf tournament, consisting of nine holes, with a score of 47 at the 1900 Paris games. Abbott won a porcelain bowl for first place in golf.[2] (The 1900 games were the only Olympics in which winners received valuable artifacts instead of medals.[3]) 1900 was the first year in which women were allowed to compete in the Olympics,[4] and these games included 11 female athletes competing in "ladylike" sports: golf, tennis and yachting.[5]
These games were apparently so poorly organized that many competitors, including Abbott, did not realize that the events they entered were part of the Olympics. Historical research did not establish that the game was on the Olympic program until after her death, so she herself never knew it.[6] Abbott, who was living in Chicago, had traveled to Paris to study art under Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin. Her mother, Mary Perkins Ives Abbott (a novelist and Chicago Tribune book reviewer), traveling with her, also competed in the event, finishing tied for seventh place, making it the first (and still only) Olympic event in which a mother and daughter competed at the same time.[4]
Born in Calcutta, India in 1878, in 1902, Abbott married writer Finley Peter Dunne.









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Margaret Abbott
Olympic athlete
Margaret Ives Abbott was the first American woman to take first place in an Olympic event; she won the women's golf tournament, consisting of nine holes, with a score of 47 at the 1900 Paris games. Wikipedia
Born: June 15, 1878, Kolkata
Died: June 10, 1955, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Spouse: Finley Peter Dunne (m. 1902–1936)
Club: Chicago Golf Club
Children: Peggy Dunne, Philip Dunne, Leonard Dunne, Finley Peter Dunne Jr.
Olympic medal: Golf at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Women's individual
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