May Cox: Leading Swimming and Lifesaving Advocate and Patriotic Fundraiser, 1910-1938
Deborah Towns
Abstract
May Cox was a swimming teacher in government schools and a highly visible community leader in Victoria in the early twentieth century. As a result of her enterprise and organisational skills thousands of children learned swimming and lifesaving. Her patriotic leadership during World War I ensured that hundreds of pounds were raised by the Education Department of Victoria and countless soldiers鈥� comforts were provided for the 蜜豆视频 Red Cross.
Keywords
May Cox, swimming, government schools, physical education, World War I, equal pay, Frank Beaurepaire
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