Susan McGreivy

Susan McGreivy
Personal information
Full name Susan McGreivy
National team  United States
Born (1939-10-24) October 24, 1939
San Diego, California
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 128 lb (58 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Walter Reed Swim Club

Susan McGreivy (born October 24, 1939), née Susan Douglas Gray, is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[1] She competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 400-meter freestyle, and posted a time of 5:16.7.[1][2]

McGreivy became a lesbian activist and civil rights attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California.[3][4] She had a "leading role" in a range of ACLU gay and lesbian civil rights issues, including a case against the Boy Scouts of America, a defense of the Gay Games against the United States Olympic Committee, and defense of the Norton Sound Eight.[5]

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, June 13, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.