Marthe Bogaerts
Bogaerts served as the president of the Mouettes de Paris club between 1911 and 1920. This swimming club was a main women's swimming club in the early 20th-century; during the early phase of the French women's swimming. She was nicknamed "tambour-majeur" (major drummer). She is described as chairing the the club with "authority" but also with "dedication". During her presidency, the club grew to two hundred swimmers.