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Hazel Marion Eaton (July 4, 1895 – December 22, 1970) was one of the first "mile-a-minute girls" 〔 〔'True Pioneers: Long Ago, Courageous and Spirited Women Broke down Motorcycling Barriers.' ''American Motorcyclist Magazine Online.'' American Motorcyclist Association, 2006. Web. Oct 9, 2010. ==Early life== Raised in South Portland, Maine, Eaton enjoyed a local reputation for diving and long distance swimming.〔Moseley, Emma. "Flirting With Death was Thrilling Profession, Local Woman Recalls." ''Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald.'' Mar 12, 1939: Section A. Print.〕 After the ''Portland Sunday Telegram'' ran a story touting her swimming abilities, representatives from the Johnny Jones Exposition hired her to perform shallow diving feats from an elevated platform into a tank, hoop rolling and trained monkey acts. By 1912 Eaton had taken on another spectacular, but dangerous occupation - motordrome thrill racing.〔 Hazel Marion Eaton was born on July 4, 1895 in the lighthouse tower at West Quoddy Head outside Lubec, Maine where her father, Edwin L. Eaton, was the assistant light keeper (1895–1900).〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=West Quoddy Head Lighthouse Keepers )〕 She was the only child born in the candy-striped tower due to construction in the permanent living quarters behind the lighthouse. Her mother, Jennie L. Johnson, a South Portland native, suffered from nausea due to paint fumes in the main house. Her husband ushered her into the tower to seek relief, but she immediately went into labor with Hazel.〔"Just for Remembrance: Retired Showfolk Bring Atmosphere Home." ''Portland Evening Express'' Feb 13, 1956: Second Section. Print〕 When Eaton was five years old her father was transferred to the Cape Elizabeth Lightship off the coast of Portland Head near Portland, Maine.〔Sterling, Robert T. ''Lighthouses of the Maine Coast.'' Brattleboro: Daye, 1935.〕 The family moved to South Portland to a house on Preble St. In the next few years, Eaton was joined by a brother, Morris in 1902, and two sisters: Sybil in 1904, and Doris in 1906. In 1910, Eaton ran away from home〔"Just for Remembrance: Retired Showfolk Bring Atmosphere Home." ''Portland Evening Express'' Feb 13, 1956: Second Section. Print〕 to join the Johnny Jones Exhibition〔Goldsack, Bob. ''A History of the Johnny J. Jones Exposition: Johnny's Here.'' Nashua: Midway, 1990.〕 as a high dive act in Bangor, Maine. Within two years she met Ira Watkins. Watkins had his own show and lured the adventurous Eaton to train, then participate in “Watkins’s Wall of Death” motordrome. She married Watkins in 1917 and one year later gave birth to her only child, Beverly June Watkins. In 1920, due to the nomadic lifestyle of circus performers, Ira Watkins’s mother, Emma, took custody of Beverly and raised her in Rutland, Vermont. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hazel Marion Eaton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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