Dottie Frazier

Early life Dorothy Adele Reider was born on July 15, 1922, in Long Beach, California, to parents Francis and Laura Davis Reider. She was injured in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. She graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1939.

Career Frazier began teaching freediving in the 1940s. During World War II she worked for Douglas Aircraft Company. She also created some of the first wetsuit patterns for women. The suits were developed under the name Penguin Suits in conjunction with Frazier's dive shop, Penguin Dive Shop. After the birth of her third son, Frazier founded Aqua Families, a club of divers who dove with their children. and was married three times. She died in Long Beach on February 8, 2022, at the age of 99. In 2019, Frazier was awarded the Historical Diving Society's Diving Pioneer Award.