Gertrude Ederle, 1st Ticker-tape Parade in 1926, NY 1959/8/27

[tuotsnnelg]

A new book on Ederle, Young Woman and the Sea, is coming out in July of 2009.

[robbery525]

thank you for posting!

[galwaygals]

shes my idol i do commpetive swimming and if all goes well when i become 16 i will be in the olimpics swimming for ireland xxx

[DebatVenusTheatre]

I sat with her in her nursing home one month before she passed. She got about as much respect as is voiced here. She was class personified. Terribly humble. A fierce survivor and thriver in life. Swam because she LOVED it. Period.

[whiteninjas222]

freezing water to swim across

[BuRt0nRid3R]

thats all you have to say lol..now i gotta do a gay ass project on this bitch and present it to the class its gonna BLOW!

[mackcrusher]

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