Swim
by Kathy K McClellan
Title
Swim
Artist
Kathy K McClellan
Medium
Digital Art - Photographs
Description
Swim by Kathy K. McClellan is an image created for Day 78 of the Journal 2022 Challenge.
My journal entries for March make up a series titled "From Letters to Words" using the letters that were created for the February entries. As March is Women's History Month (since 1987), several of my posts this month will be celebrating women in history.
Today's image is being created on March 19th, birthday of Jennie Fletcher (born in 1890 in Leicester, England).
Jennie was an award winning swimmer who was Britain’s first woman Olympic swimming medalist.
She worked 12 hour days, six days a week and could only train after work. At the age of 17 she was offered, but turned down, an offer to go professional.
From 1906 to 1912 she held the world record in the 100 yard freestyle and broke her own record 11 times.
At the peak of her career in 1908 she was due to participate in the London Olympic Games but the women's events were cancelled due to lack of competitors. She got her chance in 1912 at the end of her career.
She won a bronze in the 100 yard freestyle and claimed the gold as part of the 4x100m freestyle relay team.
In 1913 she started teaching in Leicester. That ended her competitive career as she went from an amateur to a professional.
In 1917 Jennie married and immigrated to Canada where she had a daughter and five sons.
She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1971 and in 2004 Leicester City Council unveiled a plaque in her honor at Cossington Street Baths.
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March 19th, 2022
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Lisa Kaiser
I may have to buy this one. SWIM stands for STOP, WARN, ISOLATE, MINIMIZE. Don't ask me what I do for a living, but SWIM has many meanings. Love this work and shared. Of course, I love to swim and the fins are lovely.
Kathy K McClellan replied:
Thanks Lisa! I have already wondered what you did for a living when you said you were working 12 hours straight.