Reliving Florence Ilott's Historic Westminster Bridge Sprint
This week we travel across the Atlantic, to a bustling bridge in England, to relive an epic race against time. This is the story of a young woman who made history by taking on a parliamentary bet over 8 decades ago.
Earlier this month, a British author by the name of Scott Pack took to twitter to share a story with the world. He released a series of 12 tweets, the first of which read, “I want to tell you about a remarkable woman that you almost certainly haven’t heard of”.
The woman in question was Florence Ilott, a promising British amateur sprinter. In 1934 Florence became the first person…
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