Courtesy of Doloranda Pember about her mother Mercedes Gleitze. Doloranda Hannah Pember provided information about her mother's swim of 30 hours in Cork, Ireland on February 25th and 26th 1930. Gleitze's swim took place in the Eglington Street Swimming Baths under the watchful eyes of stewards from the Munster Branch of the Irish Amateur Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doloranda Pember reported that the documentary entitled Mercedes Gleitze: The Spirit of a New Age, produced by Clare Delargy of Delargy Productions of Northern Ireland, will be broadcast later this year on Foxtel's Bio Channel (Biography Channel). It will first be shown in Australia and New Zealand.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doloranda Pember accepted the International Swimming Hall of Fame honors that we bestowed upon her mother Mercedes Gleitze on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. This is what she said on behalf of her mother: Thank you so much for the honours you have conferred upon my mother, Mercedes Gleitze. It really is a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pioneers who were honored at the 2014 International Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies held on the Isle of Bute in Scotland included George Young (represented by Catalina Channel Swimming Federation president Forrest Nelson), Mercedes Gleitze (represented by daughter Doloranda Pember), Dale
Doloranda Hannah Pember, the daughter of Mercedes Gleitze accepted her mother's award as an Honour Pioneer Swimmer at 2013 the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame ceremonies in Cork, Ireland. Pember is putting together an biography of her mother that covers her mother's swimming career and the way she managed it. "The biography is littered with
