Hazel Bess Laugenour (c. 1891–1960) was an undergraduate at the University of California at Berkeley in literature when she became the first woman to swim across the Golden Gate Strait, which separates the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco Bay on August 19, 1911.[1][2]
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 1891 |
| Died | 1960 (aged 68–69) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Laugenour capitalized on her international fame by making several movies (one of which is in the collection of the National Film Archives[citation needed]) and touring the country[3] to promote the movies with an elaborate presentation, which included a very large transparent swimming tank, complete with pump motor to approximate tidal conditions. As she was preparing to swim the English Channel, World War I broke out, ending that ambition.
She married Timothy Edmund Fogg and had a daughter, Joan Fogg.
References
edit- ^ "Girls Swims Golden Gate. Miss Hazel B. Laugenour, Aged 19, First Woman to Do It". The New York Times. August 20, 1911. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
Miss Hazel B. Laugenour, a nineteen-year-old college student, swarm across the Golden Gate to-day in 1 hour and 28 minutes. She was the first woman to accomplish the feat. Miss Laugenour clipped two minutes off the record set by Edward Caville ...
- ^ "Women Swimming in the Golden Gate - FoundSF". www.foundsf.org. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ^ "Hazel Laugenour to Appear at the Pantages in Oakland". Berkeley Daily Gazette. August 15, 1912. Retrieved 2011-03-26.