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  2. Annie Crawley - Wikipedia

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    Women Divers Hall of Fame, Green Earth Book Award Annie Crawley (born 1968) is an American underwater photographer, [ 1 ] filmmaker , speaker , educator, and ocean advocate. [ 2 ] In 2007, she founded Dive Into Your Imagination, a multimedia ocean inspiration, entertainment, and education series for youth. [ 3 ]

  3. Zale Parry - Wikipedia

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    In 1957, Parry co-founded the International Underwater Film Festival that ran for 17 years. In 1960, she became the first elected woman president of the U/W Photographic Society. She wrote and published a book with the late Albert Tillman, Scuba America Vol. I, the Human History of Sport Diving in America. The book is now also available as an ...

  4. Zandile Ndhlovu - Wikipedia

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    100 Women (BBC) (2023) Zandile Ndhlovu is a South African ocean conservationist, social activist, and filmmaker who is the first black female freediving instructor from the country. She is the founder of The Black Mermaid Foundation .

  5. Audrey Mestre - Wikipedia

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    There, she took up serious free-diving and with Ferreras as her instructor was soon reaching record depths. In 1999 the two diving aficionados married and the following year, off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Audrey Mestre broke the female world record by free diving to a depth of 125 meters (410 ft) on a single breath of air. A year later she ...

  6. Women Divers Hall of Fame - Wikipedia

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    The WDHOF awards many scholarships and training grants [11] to support women of "all ages who are pursuing careers involving diving" [12] including the J. Berman Memorial Grant for Sea Turtle Conservation, the Sherry Reed Memorial Undergraduate Marine Conservation Scholarship, the Laurel Clark Sea to Space Physiology Research Grant and the Amelia Behrens-Furniss Memorial Hardhat Dive Training ...

  7. Jill Heinerth - Wikipedia

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    Jill Heinerth (born 1965) is a Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer and film-maker. [4] She has made TV series for PBS, National Geographic Channel and the BBC, consulted on movies for directors including James Cameron, written several books and produced documentaries including We Are Water [5] and Ben's Vortex, about the disappearance of Ben McDaniel.

  8. Ama (diving) - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally and even as recently as the 1960s, ama dived wearing only a loincloth, but in the 20th century, the divers adopted an all-white sheer diving uniform in order to be more presentable while diving. [3] [4] Even in modern times, ama dive without scuba gear or air tanks, making them a traditional sort of freediver.

  9. Eugenie Clark - Wikipedia

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    Eugenie Clark (May 4, 1922 – February 25, 2015), popularly known as The Shark Lady, was an American ichthyologist known for both her research on shark behavior and her study of fish in the order Tetraodontiformes.