Good News in History, August 6

100 years ago today, American Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Called “The Queen of the Waves,” she was an Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in 5 events for which she received a ticker-tape parade on her return from the games in Paris in 1924. In 1925, […] The post Good News in History, August 6 appeared first on Good News Network.