Harriot Curtis

Harriot Sumner Curtis (June 30, 1881 – October 25, 1974) was an American amateur golfer and an early participant in the sport of skiing.

Her brother, James Freeman Curtis, became a lawyer in New York City and was the Assistant United States Secretary of the Treasury under President William Howard Taft.

In 1904, Harriot Curtis was a co-winner of the Medal given to the golfer who shoots the lowest score in qualifying rounds at the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship.

At the 1906 U.S. Championship, held at the Brae Burn Country Club near Boston, she defeated Mary B. Adams in the finals to win the title.

In 1905 the Curtis sisters and a number of other American women golfers made a visit to Britain to compete in the British Ladies Amateur Championship.

[1] In the early 20th century, the pair founded a health clinic called Maverick Dispensary that gradually grew in patients each year.