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...tiny fishing villages that snuggle in Nova Scotia's rocky coves, there is no fisherwoman quite like Mrs. Annie Lyons of Hadleyville on Chedabucto Bay. A wiry little (105 Ibs.) mother of seven, she sports a boyish bob, a man's clothes and does a man's work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: NOVA SCOTIA: Annie's Day | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

...qualify for a bounty, a fisherman or fisherwoman must fish three months a year, catch 2,500 Ibs. of deep-sea fish and use a boat with at least a twelve-foot keel. The money is interest on Canada's share of the $5,500,000 the U.S. paid after the 1871 Treaty of Washington for rights to fish in British waters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: NOVA SCOTIA: Annie's Day | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Pretty Helen Jepson has a husband who plays the flute, a two-year-old daughter as blonde as herself. Pretty Helen Jepson is an expert fisherwoman and her radio contracts have already made her rich. But pretty Helen Jepson had little opportunity to prove herself more than a light, agreeable singer last week in the Metropolitan's latest and most dismal venture into the realm of native opera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dismal Doings | 2/4/1935 | See Source »

...Sopwith's first wife, a daughter of the 8th Baron Ruthven, died. The present Mrs. Sopwith, whom he married two years ago, is an expert deep-sea fisherwoman, last year caught a 640-lb. tuna in British waters after a 6-hour struggle. As enthusiastic about sailing as her husband, Mrs. Sopwith will be the first woman ever to help man a boat in an America's Cup race. Her job will be time keeper. At the start, with a stopwatch in each hand, she will let her husband know how many seconds he has before Endeavour can cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Challenger's Arrival | 8/13/1934 | See Source »

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