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Sonora Webster Carver
American memoirist
Sonora Webster Carver (February 2, 1904 – September 20, 2003), was an American entertainer, most notable as one of the first female horse divers.[1]
Life
Webster answered an ad placed by William "Doc" Carver in 1923[2] for a diving girl and soon earned a place in circus history.
Sonora webster carver autobiography
Her job was to mount a running horse as it reached the top of a 40-foot (12 m) - sometimes 60-foot (18 m) - tower and sail down on its back as it plunged into an 11-foot (3.4 m) pool of water directly below. She was a sensation and soon became the lead diving girl for Doc's act as they traveled the country and the first diving girl quit.
Sonora fell in love with and eventually married Doc's son, Albert (Al) Floyd Carver, in October 1928. Al had taken over the show in 1927, after the death of Dr. Carver.[2] Sonora's sister Arnette Webster French followed in her footsteps, becoming a horse diver and joining the sh