[1] Morton was born in 1898 at New Tatton in Cheshire; her father Alfred was in domestic service as a groom.

[2] The family moved to Blackpool, and by the age of ten, Morton had joined the local amateur swimming club.

[2] Morton won the women's 200-metre breaststroke race and became the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal for swimming in an individual (non-relay) event.

[3] On her return to the town, she was given a civic reception, where she was presented with the gift of a piano, and over ten thousand people lined the streets to greet her.

[2] She continued supporting swimming events for the rest of her life, serving as a competitors' steward when she was aged 72.