she went on to become a
famous high diver. In January
1894 she was appearing at the
Royal Aquarium, diving
‘from the mid-air platform
into the shallow tank used by
the male divers’, took part in
an aquatic entertainment at
Earls Court, and in May that
year performed a ‘sensational
dive’ from London Bridge.
A reporter from the Pall
Mall Gazette described her as
a ‘quiet, innocent-looking’
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