Josephine M. "Jo" Culbertson (née Murphy; 2 February 1898 – March 23, 1956)"Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954," database with images, Ely Culbertson, 1932; National Archives and Records Administration was an American bridge player, teacher, theorist and writer.
Josephine Murphy was born in Bayside, New York (now in Queens), to parents John Edward Murphy and Sarah McCarthy Murphy."New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," Josephine Murphy, 02 Feb 1898; citing Manhattan, New York Municipal Archives She worked as secretary to the auction bridge authority Wilbur C. Whitehead in the early 1920s and married Ely Culbertson in 1923 (divorced 1938). The Culbertsons developed and taught the Approach–Forcing system of bidding at auction and later at contract bridge, and founded The Bridge World magazine in 1929.
Some time later her name was Josephine Murphy Dillon.
Culbertson was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1996.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
ACBL Hall of Fame, 1996"Induction by Year" . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
Wins North American Bridge Championships (2) Vanderbilt (1) 1930 Spingold (1) 1930
Runners-up
North American Bridge Championships von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1930 Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1930 Fall National Open Pairs (1) 1928 Spingold (1) 1934 Reisinger (1) 1935
References "Culbertson, Josephine". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-10-18. "Mrs. Culbertson, Card Expert, Dies". The New York Times. March 24, 1956. Page 19. Quote: "died yesterday in Doctors Hospital". "Josephine Culbertson". Biographies. World Bridge Federation (WBF). Retrieved 2014-12-04.
External links
Women Stars at the World Bridge Federation – with biographies (Culbertson) WorldCat search: Culbertson, Josephine