Fanny Curtis
American sportswoman
Fanny Chapin Curtis Ham (January 11, 1908 – May 1, 2003) was an American sportswoman from Boston. She won the national Junior Doubles tennis championship in 1924 and 1925. with Polly Palfrey and Lee Palfrey as her partners. She also competed in field hockey and badminton tournaments.
Early life and education
Curtis was born in New York City, the daughter of Greely Stevenson Curtis and Fanny Hooper Curtis. She was raised in a socially prominent family in Brookline and Marblehead, Massachusetts. Her paternal grandfather Greely S. Curtis was a Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. Her maternal grandfather Edward William Hooper was treasurer at Harvard University. Her aunts Margaret Curtis and Harriot Curtis were both athletes, with national championships in women's golf, tennis, and skiing. Her birth was mentioned in a personal letter from Henry James to her aunt, his sister-in-law, Louisa Hooper.
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