Shirley May France Explained
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| Birth Date: | 11 August 1932 |
Shirley May France (August 11, 1932 – March 18, 2012) was, at the time, the youngest woman to attempt to swim the English Channel, although her three attempts in 1949 and 1950 were unsuccessful.[1] [2] [3] She was born in Fall River, Massachusetts.[4] She was the first woman to swim across Lake George in the U.S. states of New York and Vermont. She lived in Somerset, Massachusetts, and had five children. She died in 2012.[5]
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- News: Shirley May Says She's Left Home Permanently. https://archive.today/20120716203059/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/421270911.html?dids=421270911:421270911&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Aug+25,+1950&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Shirley+May+Says+She's+Left+Home+Permanently&pqatl=google. dead. July 16, 2012. August 25, 1950. Los Angeles Times. C2. August 26, 2008.
- News: After Trudy . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025143820/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,800527,00.html?iid=chix-sphere . dead . October 25, 2012 . Time . August 8, 1949 . August 26, 2008 .
- Web site: Online Exhibition – Swimming the Channel – 1950s heyday – Shirley May France 1949 – 1950 . Dover Museum . August 26, 2008.
- News: Shirley May France, who as a young woman tried to swim the English Channel, dies at 79 . The Washington Post . Emily . Langer . March 25, 2012.
- Web site: Somerset resident, English Channel swimmer dies – Westport, MA – Herald News . Wickedlocal.com . May 10, 1950 . March 19, 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130210002344/http://www.wickedlocal.com/westport/photos/x1831800703/Somerset-resident-English-Channel-swimmer-dies . February 10, 2013 . mdy-all .
