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    Irene Steer (1889–1977), swimmer, and Olympic title holder 

    Williams, Jean; Curthoys, Mark (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Oxford University Press http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/102443, 2014-10-01)
    The Welsh champion Irene Steer (1889–1977), swimmer, was born at 290 Bute Street, St Mary, Cardiff, on 10 August 1889, the daughter of George Steer, master draper, and his wife, Annie Charlotte, née Lewis. On 15 July 1912 ...
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    The Most Important Photograph in the History of Women's Olympic Participation: Jennie Fletcher and the British 4×100 Freestyle relay team at the Stockholm 1912 Games 

    Williams, Jean (Taylor and Francis, 2012-05)
    When Charlotte Cooper, a tennis player, won Britain's first women's gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900, she was part of a middle-class amateur tradition. Jennie Fletcher (1890–1968) was a very different ...
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    Annie Coupe Speirs (1889–1926), swimmer, and Olympic title holder 

    Williams, Jean; Curthoys, Mark (Oxford University Press, 2014-10-01)
    Annie Coupe Speirs (1889–1926), swimmer, was borb at 120 Leta Street, Walton, Liverpool, on 14 July 1889, the fourth daughter in the family of at least five sons and four daughters of James Speirs, coppersmith, and his ...
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    Jane Fletcher, [Jennie] (1890–1968), swimmer and Olympic title holder 

    Williams, Jean (Oxford University Press, 2012-05-01)
    Fletcher, Jane [Jennie] (1890–1968), swimmer, was born at 46 Checkett's Road, Belgrave, Leicester, on 19 March 1890, the fourth daughter of John Frederick Fletcher, shoe riveter and later fishmonger, and his wife, Emily, ...
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    Isabella McAlpine [Bella, Belle] Moore (1894–1975), swimmer, and Olympic Title Holder 

    Williams, Jean; Curthoys, Mark (Oxford University Press, 2014-10-01)
    Isabella McAlpine [Bella, Belle] Moore (1894–1975), swimmer, was born at 95 McLean Street, Govan, Lanarkshire, on 23 October 1894, the daughter of Duncan Moore, journeyman iron turner, and his wife, Mary, née Cleland. She ...
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