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

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News In Brief - Gertrude Ederle, 33 years ago returned from England having swam the English Channel, New York City's first ticker-tape parade in 1926, setting precedent for Lindbergh next year (partial newsreel).

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

  • thank you for posting!

  • 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

  • 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.

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  • freezing water to swim across

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