This bridge event is a four-session event consisting of two qualifying rounds and two final rounds. The contestants play for the Whitehead Trophy. From 1969 through 1971 the event was contested as a three-session championship. All contestants must be women and the event is played as the North American Championship. It was played at the Summer NABC between 1930 until 1962, when it was played at the Spring NABC. The winners are listed below.

The Whitehead Trophy was donated in 1930 by Mr. Wilbur C. Whitehead of New York, who was a great bridge authority and a member of the team that won the Vanderbilt Cup in 1928, the first year it was in play.

1928
 1-2. Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Wilbur Whitehead;
1-2. Abraham Brown, Mrs. Sidney Lovell, Caroline Taylor, Nils Wester

Mr. Wilbur Whitehead, born in 1866 and died in 1931 was President of the Simplex Automobile Company, but bridge held such a fascination for him that he retired from business in 1910 to devote his life to the game of bridge or Whist as it was known at that time of the evolution of the game. He was the inventor of many bidding and play conventions, the Quick-Trick Table of Card Values, the Whitehead system of requirements for original bids and responses and the Whitehead Table of Preferential Leads. Mr. Wilbur Whitehead was instrumental in standardizing procedures in auction bridge and later in contract bridge.

The Whitehead Trophy was played at the North American Championship Women's Pairs and the contest was held annually at the Summer North American Bridge Championships until 1962. This was changed in that year and subsequently contested at the Spring North American Bridge Championships.

1930 1. Olive Peterson, Maud S. Zontlein
2. Josephine Culbertson, Elinor Murdoch
1931 1. Vivi Hanson, Elinor Murdoch
2. Mary Clement, Olga Hilliard
1932 1. Mrs. Jay S. Jones, Olive Peterson
2. Florence Fitch, Maud S. Zontlein
1933 1. Doris Fuller, Mrs. Courtand Smith
2. Marie Black, Mary Clement
1934 1. Helen Bonwit, Matie White
2. Ruth Sherman, Mrs. Thomas Stern
1935 1. Bertine Teichman, Mable Ulbrich
2. Doris Fuller, Olive Peterson
1936 1. Mrs. Jay S. Jones, Sally Young
2. Mable Ervin, Doris Fuller
1937 1. Mable Ervin, Doris Fuller
2. Martha Lemon, Mrs. Martin R. West
1938 1. Helen Sobel, Sally Young
2. Phyllis Gardner, Dorothy Roberts
1939 1. Helen Sobel, Sally Young
2. Doris Fuller, Millicent Tansill
1940 1. Edith Atkinson, Mrs. John Waidlich
2. Estelle Drescher, Gussie Planco
1941 1. Mae P. Rosen, Edithe Seligman
2. Ruth Horn, Gussie Planco
1942 1. Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman
2. Helen Bonwit, Mrs. D.P. Hanson
1943 1. Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman
2. Olga Hilliard, Evelyn Lebhar
1944 1. Ruth Sherman, Margaret Wagar
2. Paula Bacher, Kay Rhodes
1945 1. Peggy Golder, Olive Peterson
2. Ruth Sherman, Margaret Wagar
1946 1. Edith Seligman, Sally Young
2. Anne Burnstein, Mrs. G. Rosenbaum
1947 1. Gratian Goldstein, Josephine Gutman
2. Ruth Sherman, Helen Sobel
1948 1. Gratian Goldstein, Josephine Gutman
2. Mildred Cunningham, Mrs. Harry Mason Smith
1949 1. Kay Rhodes, Ruth Sherman
2. Mildred Cunningham, Mrs. Harry Mason Smith
1950 1. Mrs. John Kelly, Dorothy Thompson
2. Reba Buck, Mrs. George P. Ryan
1951 1. Alwina M. Dunphy, Mrs. Edward Minear
2. Mrs. Frank Fooshe, Mrs. Henry C. Wolfe
1952 1. Shirley Fairchild, Elaine Lee
2. Mildred Betzler, Mrs. Michael Hoffman
1953 1. Mrs. Harold P. Swearinger, Barbara Weiner
2. Gretchen Feldstein, Gratian Goldstein
1954 1. Margaret Alcorn, Sally Neely
2. Paula Levin, Mrs. Max Ritter
1955 1. Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar
2. Mrs. Carl I. Conklin, Paula Nevins
1956 1. Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar
2. Wynne Ecker, Mrs. P. Halbestadt
1957 1. Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar
2. Edith Kemp, Terry Michaels
1958 1. Betty Nail, Phyllis Novak
2. Alberta Albersheim, Mrs. M. J. Root
1959 1. Betty Adler, Dorothy Hayden
2. Agnes Gordon, Sylvia Schwartz
1960 1. Mary Jane Farell, Peggy Solomon
2. Mabel Mahoney, Mrs. James Welch
1961 1. Agnes Gordon, Betty Haddad
2. Mrs. Seymour Keith, Rita Seamon
1962 1. Carol Sanders, Sylvia Stein
2. Betty Kaplan, Jacqui Mitchell
The event was changed and contested at the
Spring North American Bridge Championships.
1963 1. Mrs. K.L. Sargent, Mrs. Ray Tobin
2. Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels
1964 1. Margaret Alcorn, Lucille Patterson
2. Ruth Ballantyne, Mrs. Lloyd Scott
1965 1. Nancy Gruver, Sue Sachs
2. Alicia Kempner, Helen Sobel
1966 1. Virginia Heckel, Edith kemp
2. Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels
1967 1. Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels
2. Hermine Baron, Marilyn Johnson
1968 1. Hermine Baron, Rhoda Walsh
2-3. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden
2-3. Gloria Cohen Belle Kauffman
1969 1. Gale Clarke, Gloria Noszka
2. Sallie Johnson, Bee Schenken
1970 1. Robin Klar, Tina Rockaway
2. Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss
1971 1. Amalya L. Kearse, Jacqui Mitchell
2. Barbara Brier, Betsey Wolff
1972 1. Kerri Davis, Rhoda Walsh
2. Gail Moss, Judi Solodar
1973 1. Ann Economidy, Vivian Williamson
2. Mary Anderson, Pamela Eckard
1974 1. Pat Leary, Jan Stansby
2. Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss
1975 1. Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss
2. Hermine Baron, Carol Greenhut
1976 1. Gail Schaab, Barbara Staton
2. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden Truscott
1977 1. Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss
2. Hermine Baron, Beverly Rosenberg
1978 1. Babs Charney, Flo Rotman
2. Edith Kemp, Barbara Rappaport
1979 1. Anne Burnstein, Edith Kemp
2. Ann Roberts, Genne Winter
1980 1. Mildred Boyce, Barbara Norwood
2. Hermine Baron, Beverly rosenberg
1981 1. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden Truscott
2. Roberta Epstein, Rozanne Marel
1982 1. Hermine Baron, Beverly Rosenberg
2. Nancy Alpaugh, Betsey Wolff
1983 1. Evelyn Levitt, Jo Morse
2. Lynne Pollenz, Sue Picus
1984 1. Judy Tucker, Jacqui Mitchell
2. Mildred Breed, Barbara Norwood
1985 1. Dale Dermer, JoAnne Caplan
2. Nadine Wood, Robin Taylor
1986 1. Edith Freilich, Nancy Gruver
2. Peggy Sutherlin, Sharon Osberg
1987 1. Tobi Deutsch, Kay Schulle
2. Carlyn Steiner, Janet Daling
1988 1. Sally Wheeler, Georgiana Gates
2. Jan Martel, Dorothy Hayden Truscott
1989 1. Nadine Wood, Jeanne Elkner
2. Janice Seamon, Rita Seamon
1990 1. Leslie Paryzer, Nancy Widman
2. Carol Sandres, Betty Ann Kennedy
1991 1. Leslie Paryzer, Nancy Widman
2. Claire Tornay, Kathie Walvick
1992 1. Cheri Bjerkan, Janice Seamon
2. Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy
1993 1. Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy
2. Shawn Womack, Jan Cohen
1994 1. Corinne Kirkham, Ann Kluewer
2. Bernace De Young, Ellasue Chaitt
1995 1. Lila Perlstein, Juanita Chambers
2. Ayako Amano, Miho Sekizawa
1996 1. Nancy Widman, Leslie Paryzer
2. Susan Wexler, Margie Gwozdzinsky
1997 1. Susan Wexler, Margie Gwozdzinsky
2. Suzy Burger, Barbara Sion
1998 1. Judi Radin, Valerie Westheimer
2. Carol Simon, Kitty Munson
1999 1. Ellen Crawford, Harriet Eaton
2. Mildred Breed, Shawn Quinn
2000 1. Joan Stein, Eunice Rosen
2. Marilyn Hemenway, Barbara Fellos
2001 1. Judi Radin, Sylvia Moss
2. Tobi Sokolow, Janice Seamon-Molson
2002 1. Cheri Bjerkan, Sue Weinstein
2.
2003 1. Joan Eaton, Candace Griffey
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A Women's Pairs event was also held at the Summer North American Championships until 1962. A similar event was also conducted at the Spring NABC from 1958 through 1962. The results of this Spring NABC is listed below.

1958 1, Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar
2. Mrs. N.L. Cassibry, Ann Smith
1959 1. Bert Epstein, Blossom Grossblatt
2. Betty Coombs, Malvine Klausner
1960 1. Gretchen Feldstein, Jane Mueller
2. Gertrude Eberson, Mrs. M. Jones
1961 1. May Belle Long, Effie Woods
2. Dorothy Hayden, Helen Portugal
1962 1. Clarice Holt, Mrs. Greeley Warner
2. Kay Carter, Mrs. G.M. Sharum

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