Career
The British women set a new world record in the event of 5:52.8, beating the German and Austrian women"s relay teams by a wide margin. Moore was trained as a longer-distance swimmer, but only 100-metre swimming events were available for women at the 1912 Olympics. She was eliminated in the semi-finals of the women"s 100-metre freestyle.
Moore was born the eighth child of nine in her family.
She started training in early age and by 17 already worked as a swimming instructor. She spent the rest of her life in Maryland where she taught swimming to thousands of children.
She was posthumously inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Pioneer Swimmer" in 1989.