Background
She was born in Blackheath, London.
She was born in Blackheath, London.
In 1932, she was one of five women entered by the Women"s Amateur Athletic Association at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics as Britain"s first female Olympians in athletics events, together with Ethel Johnson, Gwendoline Porter, Nellie Halstead, and seventeen-year-old Violet Webb. They sailed for five days from Southampton to Quebec and then travelled a further 3000 miles by train before arriving in Los Los Angeles In the women"s 100 metres she came 5th.
In the 100 metre event she was eliminated in the semi-finals.