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Author:

Mazeika, Katie, author.

Title:

Annette feels free : the true story of Annette Kellerman, world-class swimmer, fashion pioneer, and real-life mermaid / Katie Mazeika.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Beach Lane Books,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm.

Subject:

Kellermann, Annette,--1886-1975--Juvenile literature.
Women swimmers--Australia--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Swimmers--Australia--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Athletes with disabilities--Australia--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Synchronized swimming--Juvenile literature.
Bathing suits--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"All her life, Annette wanted one thing: to feel free. As a girl she found freedom in the water, where she could swim without the leg braces she needed on land. As she grew up, Annette swam in Australia and England and America and beyond, performing synchronized swimming--which she invented!--and competing in swim races and diving exhibitions. But always she was bogged down by her heavy swim clothes. Clothes that only women had to wear, not men. So Annette designed her own swim costume. And then, she fought for the right to wear it--and for the right for all women to feel free."-- Front jacket flap

ISBN:

1665903430
9781665903431

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1293918377

LCCN:

2021062174

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)