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Young Woman and the Sea - How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World (Paperback)
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Young Woman and the Sea - How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World (Paperback)
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The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to
swim the English Channel, and inspire a “wave of confidence and
emancipation” for women in sports (Parade). By age twenty, at the
height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished
swimmer in the world. She’d won Olympic gold and set a host of
world records. But the greatest challenge remained: the English
Channel. Only a few swimmers, none of them women, had ever made the
treacherous twenty-one mile crossing. Trudy’s failed first
attempt seemed to confirm what many naysayers believed: No woman
could possibly accomplish such a thing. In 1926, Ederle proved them
wrong. As her German immigrant parents cheered her, and her sister
and fellow swimmer Meg helped fashion both her scandalous two-piece
swimsuit and leak-proof goggles, Trudy was determined to succeed.
“England or drown is my motto,” she said, plunging into the
frigid Channel for her second attempt at the crossing. Fourteen
hours later, two hours faster than any man, and after weathering a
gale and waves that approached six-feet, she stepped onto
Kingsdowne Beach as the most famous woman in the world. Based on
years of archival research that unearthed Ederle’s memory from
obscurity, Young Woman and the Sea brings to life the real Trudy
Ederle, the challenges that came with her fame, and the historic
mark her achievement made for all women athletes who
followed.
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