After being stricken with polio, Ethelda follows her doctor's orders and learns to swim. In the water she feels strong and alive. Swimming transforms her life. Not only is she the first woman in the world to win all of the swimming events in one Olympic game, she is the woman who challenged the law requiring woman to wear socks. Her fiesty nature also prompts NYC to build its first public swimming pool.
Ethelda was compassionate too. As a nurse, she devoted her life to teaching children with polio and cerebral palsy how to swim. She passed away in 1978.
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
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