Gertrude Ederle, now 44, was the first woman to swim the English Channel, in 1926. Since then, a dozen women have followed in her wake from France to Britain. Last year a 31-year-old stenographer from ...
Florence L. Chadwick, 93, of La Mesa died Jan. 7. She was born in Ogden, Utah, and was a homemaker. She was a volunteer with the Grossmont Hospital Auxiliary and a member of Singing Hills Country Club ...
If marathon swimmer Florence Chadwick were alive today she would be sending sincere congratulations to Colleen Mallon, who has just become the first Northern Ireland woman to swim the treacherous ...