“My early physical misfortune has turned out to be the greatest blessing that could have come to me. Without it I should have missed all the grim struggle upward and the reward that waited at the end of it all.”
Annette Kellermann was just six years old when she developed weakness in her legs. This required her to wear painful steel braces and to help recovery, her parents enrolled Annette in swim classes.
As a teen her legs recovered and she became a champion swimmer, a record holder in the 100 yard and mile races in her native Australia. But more than just swimming, she became famous for advocating for women’s rights.
“I can’t swim wearing more stuff than you hang on a clothesline,” she once said.
In a time when women were expected to wear dress and pantaloons to swim, she wore a one piece suit. And while doing so led to her arrest in 1907 in Massachusetts for indecency, with time she helped change the social norms. Her one piece suit, known as the Annette Kellermann, became a popular swimsuit for women.
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Source: How to Swim by Annette Kellermann
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The focus of my Daily Positive Impact posts is captured in many studies: In the 2016 article, “POSITIVE EMOTIONS AND WELLBEING,” by Marianna Pogosyan, Ph.D. she wrote, “The health benefits of positive emotions is well documented. They improve physical health. With frequent experience and expression of positive emotions comes resilience and resourcefulness.”
I hope, through the publication of positive stories and resources, to energize readers to take their own actions to make our world a better place. If you are already there, thanks!!
I hope, through the publication of positive stories and resources, to energize readers to take their own actions to make our world a better place. If you are already there, thanks!!
Have a healthy and impactful life, Peter Prichard CMF
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-AUTHOR – the International #1 Amazon Bestseller and Readers’ Favorite 5 Star Award Recipient – “Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times” – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732793808
100% of the revenue from the sale of my 3 books available on Amazon goes to organizations (links below) supporting the themes of those books: LESSENING INSTANCES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND BULLYING (DAWN OF HOPE – www.theuncomfortableconversation.org and https://www.stopitnow.org/ ), LESSENING DEATHS BY TOBACCO (DAWN OF THE TOBACCO WARS – www.tobaccofreekids.org ), and INCREASING INSTANCES OF POSITIVE IMPACT (Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times mentioned above).
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