Margaret Howe (squash player)
Margaret Allen Howe a pioneer for Squash in America. She was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. She won the U.S. Women's Squash Singles National Championship in 1929, 1932 and 1934 after giving birth to a son, William Francis Howe, Jr, in 1922 and twin daughters Betty and Peggy in 1924.
Her husband, William "Bill" Francis Howe, Sr., encouraged her to play, and she played under the name Mrs. William F. Howe. In 1929, Howe organised and won the first sanctioned women's squash tournament in the United States.Death
She and her husband lived in Nantucket, Massachusetts after he retired in 1948. Howe died in Nantucket in December 1989 and is buried with her husband at the Cemetery there.The Howe Legacy
In 1955 the Virginia Griggs of New York City donated a permanent trophy to an annual women's 5 persons intercity tournament, thus dubbing the tournament The Howe Cup. The cup still runs to this day solidifying the memory of Margaret Howe.
