For two weeks in 1926, a woman held the world speed record for swimming across the English Channel. On August 6, American Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle swam from France to England in 14 hours 31 ...

As pointed out in the final credits of the movie, Trudy became a swimming teacher for deaf children. Gertrude Ederle died in 2003 at 98 in a New Jersey nursing home. She never married, but she had ...

“Young Woman and the Sea” star Daisy Ridley had three months to prepare for her role as Gertrude ... a thirst for swimming but a lack of formal training. In portraying Ederle’s years-long ...

Young Woman and the Sea is a biographical film based on American swimmer Gertrude Ederle, who achieved the feat of swimming across the English Channel. This was considered the toughest challenge ...

Star Wars alum Daisy Ridley swaps a lightsaber for swim goggles in Disney's Young Woman and the Sea, Joachim Rønning's biopic about American swimmer Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle. Adapted from ...

On August 6, 1926, American swimmer Gertrude 'Trudy' Ederle took on an unthinkable challenge that would change the landscape of women's sport forever. Trudy started swimming competitively as a ...

In August 1926, American champion swimmer Gertrude ... Ridley as Ederle. The daughter of a butcher in Manhattan, Ederle learned to swim in New Jersey and joined the Women's Swimming Association ...