Today is Gertrude Ederle's birthday. She was the first woman to swim the English Channel. She did it in 1926. It took her 14 hours and 30 minutes! She had a hearing impairment.
The English Channel is 21 miles long.
Read more about her at www.//biographybase.com/biography/Ederle_Gertrude.html
For a very long time, no one told African American women that they could fly, so there are very few of them as commercial pilots. This website is for inspiring women to fly. Flying being defined as succeeding. Succeeding defined however you decide. We are simply here to tell you sistergirlfriend, YOU CAN FLY!
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Friday, October 23, 2009
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