Adapted from Glenn Stout’s 2009 book of the same name, the film tells the true story of how Ederle, at just 20 years old, became the first woman to swim the treacherous English Channel in...

In Young Woman and the Sea, out Friday and directed by Joachim Rønning, Daisy Ridley stars as Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, the first woman to swim the English channel. Ederle, an American, was...

According to the true story, an estimated 2 million people lined the streets in New York City to celebrate Trudy Ederle's remarkable feat. She was invited to the White House by President Calvin Coolidge who called her "America's best girl".

It was August 6, 1926, the day that an American, Gertrude Ederle, was poised to become the first woman to swim the English Channel. Only five men had ever swum the waterway before. The...

On August 18, 1925, Ederle made her first attempt at swimming the Channel whereupon she was disqualified when Wolffe ordered another swimmer (who was keeping her company in the water), Ishak Helmy, to recover her from the water.