High-diving, horse-riding sensation Sonora Webster Carver, whose act captivated audiences at Steel Pier in Atlantic City in the 1930s, is profiled in a 10-minute PBS documentary on trailblazing ...

Based on the memoir A Girl and Five Brave Horses by diving horse rider Sonora Webster Carver, Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken (1991) follows the life of Sonora and her journey to become one of the first ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.J. - Sonora Webster Carver, the first woman to ride the diving horses at Steel Pier in Atlantic City and the inspiration for the 1991 Disney movie "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken," has ...

Sonora Webster Carver, the first woman to ride the high-diving horses in Atlantic City, died on Sunday at 99. She made history in 1924 when she dove on horseback into a tank of water 40 feet below.