{"id":299160,"date":"2018-03-05T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=299160"},"modified":"2018-03-03T14:27:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T21:27:09","slug":"sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"SW and Women’s History Month Presents “The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tragedy to Triumph: The Story of the General Slocum Disaster and the Right to Swim for Women<\/h2>\n

The General Slocum<\/em> disaster in 1904 was the greatest single catastrophe in New York City’s history until 9\/11. More than a thousand passengers — mostly women and children — who tried to escape the fire aboard the excursion steamboat by jumping into the water, had drowned. Bodies of mothers, grandmothers, and girls washed up on the shorelines for days.<\/p>\n

The catastrophe was the most impactful event in the history of swimming in America. Immediately, politicians and school administrators recognized swimming as an art essential to self-preservation and advocated teaching all children to swim. Despite the known benefits of learning to swim, it was an era where strenuous exercise was seen as harmful for girls’ health and, also, there was the issue of “modesty.”<\/p>\n

As America sought to resolve these issues, schools began to teach girls how to swim without them having to learn in the water.<\/p>\n

Change would not begin to take rise be until 1907 and the arrival of Australian\u00a0Annette Kellerman.\u00a0<\/strong>Once in America, Kellerman was appalled by the swimsuits that women were required to wear and staged a one-woman protest on Revere Beach near Boston, where she was arrested for “public nudity” while wearing a man’s suit. In court, she defended herself by famously stating,<\/p>\n

“Don’t women have the right to save themselves from drowning when men aren’t around to protect them? Then how can we learn to swim wearing more material than you hang on a clothes line?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kellerman quickly became a symbol of hope and change for women in swimming and helped pave the way for the right to swim.<\/p>\n

To read more about the General Slocum\u00a0<\/em>tragedy, Kellerman and women’s right to swim, check out the March issue<\/a>, available now!<\/p>\n

\"march-2018-cover\"<\/p>\n

[\u00a0<\/strong>PHOTO BY\u00a0PETER H. BICK ]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get\u00a0Swimming World Magazine<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Swimming World Biweekly<\/em>\u00a0FREE When You\u00a0Become A Member of the International Swimming\u00a0Hall of Fame<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Want More?\u00a0\u00a0Subscribe With This Special 2-Year Offer!<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Swimming World Magazine<\/em>\u00a0gives you access to all of the back issues of\u00a0Swimming World Magazine<\/em>\u00a0dating back to 1960!\u00a0 Visit the\u00a0Swimming World Magazine Vault<\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n

Order a single \u201cCollectors\u201d issue\u00a0print copy here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or download a\u00a0single .pdf copy here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

FEATURES<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

016 PRIMED FOR THE SEQUEL<\/strong>
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/em>
\nStanford\u2019s performance last year in winning the women\u2019s NCAA Division I Championships by nearly 200 points was a blockbuster hit. And this year\u2019s team might even be better!<\/p>\n

020 A REPEAT FOUR-PEAT?<\/strong>
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/em>
\nTexas won four NCAA team titles in a row from 1988 through 1991. They\u2019re on the verge of making that happen again in 2018, having already won three straight championships since 2015.<\/p>\n

024 CAN\u2019T GET ENOUGH<\/strong>
\nby Andy Ross and David Rieder<\/em>
\nThe swimming superpowers of NCAA Division II and III, NAIA and NJCAA will try to pick up where they left off last year and continue their dominance at their respective national championships.<\/p>\n

027 INSPIRED<\/strong>
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nTownley Haas\u2019 story about his rapid rise to become an American record holder and an Olympic gold medalist is inspiring. What\u2019s more inspiring to Haas, however, is the positive outlook on life shown by his sister, Emily. In 2007, she survived being shot in the head at the Virginia Tech massacre that killed 32 people and wounded 17.<\/p>\n

030 COMING INTO HER OWN<\/strong>
\nby Annie Grevers<\/em>
\nIn 2017, Mallory Comerford tied freestyle superstar Katie Ledecky at NCAAs and collected five gold medals at the World Championships. Named USA Swimming\u2019s \u201cBreakout Swimmer of the Year,\u201d the 20-year-old University of Louisville junior and team captain is more than ready to see what 2018 will bring.<\/p>\n

034 TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH<\/strong>
\nby Bruce Wigo<\/em>
\nTo celebrate women\u2019s history month, Swimming World looks back at one of history\u2019s most awful tragedies\u2014the General Slocum Disaster\u2014and how it influenced the right to swim for women.<\/p>\n

COACHING<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: RON BALLATORE<\/strong>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/p>\n

014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: CAN KATIE LEDECKY SWIM FASTER? (Part 2)<\/strong>
\nby Rod Havriluk<\/em>
\nKatie Ledecky absolutely has the potential to swim faster\u2014much faster. She could make three important technique improvements regarding the head, arm coordination and pull phase.<\/p>\n

037 COLLEGE SWIMMING: BEING YOUR BEST<\/strong>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/em>
\nMany college coaches believe that how they train their swimmers between the conference and national championships depends on each individual athlete. But the end result is the same for everyone: making sure their swimmers are able to perform their best.<\/p>\n

048 Q&A WITH COACH BILL PILCZUK<\/strong>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/p>\n

050 HOW THEY TRAIN JOEL AX<\/strong>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/p>\n

JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

053 UP & COMERS: EMMA KERN<\/strong>
\nby Taylor Brien<\/em><\/p>\n

COLUMNS &<\/strong>\u00a0SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong>
\n013 BEYOND THE YARDS<\/strong>
\n036 THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/strong>
\n040 2018 SWIM CAMP DIRECTORY<\/strong>
\n052 HASTY HIGH POINTERS<\/strong>
\n054 GUTTER TALK<\/strong>
\n056 PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tragedy to Triumph: The Story of the General Slocum Disaster and the Right to Swim for Women The General Slocum disaster in 1904 was the greatest single catastrophe in New<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":299162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[60606,66650,9949,17800,54417,66651,66652],"class_list":["post-299160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-swimming-world-magazine","tag-annette-kellerman","tag-general-slocum-disaster","tag-international-swimming-hall-of-fame","tag-ishof","tag-swimming-world-magazine","tag-womens-history-month","tag-womens-right-to-swim"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nSW and Women's History Month Presents "The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women" - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Swimming World and Women's History Month present "The General Slocum Disaster and the Right to Swim for Women."\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SW and Women's History Month Presents "The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women"\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Swimming World and Women's History Month present "The General Slocum Disaster and the Right to Swim for Women."\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-05T11:00:28+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-03T21:27:09+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2695\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1997\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Taylor Brien\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Taylor Brien\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Taylor Brien\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d\"},\"headline\":\"SW and Women’s History Month Presents “The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women”\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-05T11:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-03T21:27:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/\"},\"wordCount\":817,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Annette Kellerman\",\"General Slocum disaster\",\"International Swimming Hall of Fame\",\"ISHOF\",\"Swimming World Magazine\",\"Women's History Month\",\"women's right to swim\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Swimming World Magazine\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/\",\"name\":\"SW and Women's History Month Presents \\\"The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women\\\" - Swimming World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-05T11:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-03T21:27:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Swimming World and Women's History Month present \\\"The General Slocum Disaster and the Right to Swim for Women.\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg\",\"width\":2695,\"height\":1997,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: International Swimming Hall of Fame\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SW and Women’s History Month Presents “The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d\",\"name\":\"Taylor Brien\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Taylor Brien\"},\"description\":\"Taylor Brien is the Assistant Operations Manager and a staff writer at Swimming World. A native of Bettendorf, IA and a 2015 graduate of Illinois College, she has covered a variety of events since joining the SW team in 2015, including the NCAA Championships, World Championships, Olympic Trials, and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/taylor-brien\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SW and Women's History Month Presents \"The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women\" - Swimming World","description":"Swimming World and Women's History Month present \"The General Slocum Disaster and the Right to Swim for Women.\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SW and Women's History Month Presents \"The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women\"","og_description":"Swimming World and Women's History Month present \"The General Slocum Disaster and the Right to Swim for Women.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2018-03-05T11:00:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-03T21:27:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2695,"height":1997,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Taylor Brien","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Taylor Brien","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/"},"author":{"name":"Taylor Brien","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d"},"headline":"SW and Women’s History Month Presents “The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women”","datePublished":"2018-03-05T11:00:28+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-03T21:27:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/"},"wordCount":817,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg","keywords":["Annette Kellerman","General Slocum disaster","International Swimming Hall of Fame","ISHOF","Swimming World Magazine","Women's History Month","women's right to swim"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Swimming World Magazine"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/","name":"SW and Women's History Month Presents \"The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women\" - Swimming World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-05T11:00:28+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-03T21:27:09+00:00","description":"Swimming World and Women's History Month present \"The General Slocum Disaster and the Right to Swim for Women.\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg","width":2695,"height":1997,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: International Swimming Hall of Fame"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sw-and-womens-history-month-presents-the-general-slocum-disaster-the-right-to-swim-for-women\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SW and Women’s History Month Presents “The General Slocum Disaster & the Right to Swim for Women”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d","name":"Taylor Brien","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Taylor Brien"},"description":"Taylor Brien is the Assistant Operations Manager and a staff writer at Swimming World. A native of Bettendorf, IA and a 2015 graduate of Illinois College, she has covered a variety of events since joining the SW team in 2015, including the NCAA Championships, World Championships, Olympic Trials, and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/taylor-brien\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: International Swimming Hall of Fame","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/02-dry-land-swimming-learning-to-swim-fully-dressed-1-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1fPa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}