Dottie spends her young life on her father's sailboat, becoming quite a good swimmer, even as a toddler; but when her dad asks her to fetch something he accidentally dropped 15 feet under the waves Dottie unlocks her destiny as one of the best divers - and one of the only female divers of the mid-20th century.

Dottie's journey upward is filled with fun and joy, scares with underwater sealife (can you say GREAT WHITE SHARK!?), and of course, as with so many of our Broads, great battles with the patriarchy and rampant misogyny of the period. But through it all this Broad PERSISTS. Listen now to hear her whole story! 

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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!

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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.

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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye