| Intro | American swimmer |
| Was |
Athlete Swimmer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 11 August 1932 |
| Death |
18 March 2012 (aged 79 years) |
Shirley May France (August 11, 1932 – March 18, 2012) was, at the time, the youngest woman to attempt to swim the English Channel, although her three attempts in 1949 and 1950 were unsuccessful. She was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. She was the first woman to swim across Lake George in the U.S. states of New York and Vermont. She lived in Somerset, Massachusetts, and had five children. She died in 2012.