Sometimes being a trailblazer means being a water-blazer. After contracting polio as a child, Ethelda took up swimming to counteract the effects of the disease - and within a couple years found herself breaking records and making a huge splash at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. But just as swimming changed her life, her legacy is marked by changing the lives of others through swimming.
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Show Notes:
Splash!: Ethelda Bleibtrey Makes Waves of Change (Children's Book)
Sources:
Ethelda Bleibtrey | American athlete | Britannica
Bleibtrey, Ethelda | Encyclopedia.com
Meet Ethelda Bleibtrey, America’s First Female Swimming Gold Medalist
Book: Total Olympics by Jeremy Fuchs
