Name: GERTIE
Size: 620 mm h x 270 mm w x 230 d (base height: 200 mm)
Medium: Iron resin with corten steel diving board and stainless steel ladder
Price: £1,600
When somebody tells me I cannot do something, that’s when I do it ~ Gertrude Ederle
Gertie was determined to become the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
Gertrude (“Gertie”) Ederle was to be taken seriously. At age 19, Trudy shocked the world – she accomplished her goal of becoming the first woman to swim the Channel. But even more surprising was her official time of 14 hours, 39 minutes — she swam it nearly two hours faster than any man!
Gertie was a leading light in a pioneering generation that promoted women’s open water swimming. Celebrating the stories of women who drew upon the power within them to follow their dreams.
“People said women couldn’t swim the Channel, but I proved they could.” ~ Gertie Ederle
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