Shirley May France

Shirley May France

Shirley May France (born 1932) was the youngest woman to attempt to swim the English Channel, although her three attempts in 1949 and 1950 were unsuccessful. [cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/421270911.html?dids=421270911:421270911&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Aug+25%2C+1950&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Shirley+May+Says+She%27s+Left+Home+Permanently&pqatl=google|title=Shirley May Says She's Left Home Permanently|date=Aug 25, 1950|work=Los Angeles Times|pages=C2|accessdate=2008-08-26] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=After Trudy
url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,800527,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |work= Time
publisher= |date=Monday, Aug. 08, 1949 |accessdate=2008-08-26 ] [cite web |url=http://www.dover.gov.uk/museum/resource/swim/swim5.asp |title=Online Exhibition - Swimming the Channel - 1950s heyday - Shirley May France 1949 - 1950 |accessdate=2008-08-26 |work=Dover Museum |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2008-08-26] She also was the first woman to swim across Lake George in the U.S. states of New York and Vermont. She currently lives in Somerset, Mass and has five children.

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