Kyra Fotena.
In 1863 she dared to be the first, before men, to dive for sponges with a diving suit. Now she gazes at the sea from the port of Symi.
Eugenia Mastoridou was the first woman to dive with a diving suit in the port of Symi. By diving with a suit, she convinced the spongers to also use it in their dives, since until then they used to dive naked to extract the sponges from the seabed, while holding their breath.
