Kieft, Edie

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Sportswoman and Surf Lifesaver

Edie Kieft was possibly the first woman to qualify for the Surf Bronze Medallion in Australia. Although she passed the test with Tweed Heads and Coolangatta SLSC in 1923, and was given a bronze number, she was not awarded a medal because she was female.

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She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html. [ Details... ]

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Prepared by: Nikki Henningham
Created: 16 May 2007

Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
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Updated: 3 December 2008
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