“Young Woman and the Sea” is a biopic about Gertrude Ederle, who in 1926 became the ... (Eight episodes) Available on PBS Kids. Common Sense Media helps families make smart media choices.

Exactly 100 years after Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle won her first gold medal at the Olympic Games, Walt Disney Studios is gearing up for the release of Young Woman and the Sea, which follows the ...

Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003), at age 15, became the first woman to swim the length of New York Bay and, in 1924, won three medals at the Paris Olympics. The German American athlete rocketed to ...