How Long to Read In Search of Mina Wylie

How Long Does it Take to Read In Search of Mina Wylie?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 50 minutes to read In Search of Mina Wylie by Grace Barnes

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 1912, against a backdrop of growing feminist and national movements, the Australian public united behind a fundraising campaign to send two female swimmers to Stockholm to compete, for the first time, at an Olympic Games. Coogee resident, Mina Wylie, was one of those women, and after winning silver at the 1912 Olympics she went on to become one of the greatest swimmers Australia ever produced. Her career coincided with a growing view of beach culture and swimming as essential to a unique Australian way of life, and Mina became a role model for the vigorous and healthy ‘Australian Girl’. As one of the first female sporting celebrities, she typified the new modern woman as she travelled to Europe and the USA, maintained an independent lifestyle and disregarded societal conventions. In 1975, Mina was selected as an Honoree to the Florida based International Swimming Hall of Fame. When her request to the Federal Government for expenses to attend the induction ceremony was denied, a nationwide fundraising campaign launched Mina back into the spotlight. Sixty years after the Australian public had sent Mina to the Stockholm Olympics, the populace re-embraced the forgotten champion and sent her to Florida to take her place amongst the Greats of international swimming. The book rediscovers Mina Wylie, a woman who twice inspired a nation, sixty years apart. And a woman who was determined not be written out of Australian sporting history.

How long is In Search of Mina Wylie?

In Search of Mina Wylie by Grace Barnes is 350 pages long, and a total of 87,500 words.

This makes it 118% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In Search of Mina Wylie Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 58 minutes to read In Search of Mina Wylie aloud.

What Reading Level is In Search of Mina Wylie?

In Search of Mina Wylie is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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