– the most famous woman
swimmer of the last century –
swam thirteen miles from
Putney to Blackwell in her
debut British swim in 1905.
Others included Elsie
Aykroyd, the American ‘girl
fish’, Lily Smith, the only
woman to compete in the first
Richmond to Blackfriars race
in 1907, and Eileen Lee, who
beat the world record for
women after swimming
thirty-six miles from
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