Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003) made history and rocketed to international stardom in 1926 when, at age 20, she became the first woman to swim the English Channel, then considered one of the toughest ...
100 years ago, a 20-year-old woman swam across the English Channel faster than anyone ever before. What made Gertrude Ederle’s achievement all the more remarkable wasn’t just the speed or the fact it ...