Gertrude "Trudy" Ederlethe made history by becoming the first female swimmer to cross the English Channel in 1926. Nicknamed "Queen of the Waves," Trudy didn’t just break records; she smashed stereotypes about what women could achieve in sports at a time when they were told to sit on the sidelines.

We’ll chat about her early days in New York, her Olympic success, and the setbacks she overcame to pull off her iconic swim. Plus, we’ll touch on her life after swimming, including how she became an advocate for the hearing impaired.

Trudy’s story is all about grit, ambition, and making waves (literally and figuratively).

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