Gertrude Ederle of Flushing

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Gertrude Ederle of Flushing

1943

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Gertrude Ederle of Flushing. She swam the English Channel in 1926, and aided the war effort by working in the Instrument Shop of the American Export Airlines at LaGuardia Field. Photo Taken January 30, 1943

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Queens Borough Public Library

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Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003

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Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim across the English Channel. During a time when female athletes were not taken seriously, Ederle proved critics wrong. In 1924 she competed at the Olympic games, where she won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle relay and bronze medals in the 100 and 400-meter freestyle races. By 1925, Ederle had set twenty-nine world records in women’s freestyle swimming, and she began training to cross the twenty-one-mile-wide English Channel. On August 6, 1926, i...