Dear Followers, First of all, let me thank all of you for supporting this blog so enthusiastically--this is my 200th posting, and I'm sure that I will never run out of interesting stories about amazing women! Today, I'd like to celebrate 64 year old marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, who became--after four failed attempts--the first person to ever swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida. Her father was a stockbroker who died when she was an infant (1: … [Read more...]
200: The Self-Empowered Woman: Diana Nyad
October 13, 2013 By Marilyn Murray Willison
Filed Under: lesbian athletes, Marathon swimming champions, sports authors
