performances, has proved a
worthy successor of these
pioneer mermaids’. The paper
goes on to cite Ethel
Littlewood, Lily Smith,
Claire Parlett, Vera Neave
(who, in 1914, was the ‘best
distance swimmer the world
has seen’), Olive Carson and
Mme Isacesen, before turning
its attention to their own
Annette Kellerman. So, while
the British and Australian
press once placed Agnes
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