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believed it was possible . . .
After this I quite believe that
the day will come when
women will beat men in the
water, whatever they do on
land. I shall not live to see the
day, but it will come.’ The
Advertiser then names
Beckwith’s rivals, Emily
Parker, Lizzie Gillespie and
Annie Johnson, and
comments, ‘the woman of
today, where she has not
improved on these