WOMAN OF THE WEEK
GERTRUDE EDERLE
1905 - 2003
Trudy was a German immigrant who ran a butcher shop and began to swim and break any and all records in the amateur swimming circuit. She went on to win gold at the 1924 Olympics and eventually swam the English Channel. Though not only did she set a record time for women to swim the channel, she killed the men's time by nearly two hours!
It's nice to see women go out and say, you know what I am going to do this, either you can do it with me or step aside.
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