Ethelda Bleibtrey was a girl with guts who loved the water.
Splash!.
For Ethelda, doing the right thing sometimes came with a price--Change often does--but Ethelda helped make the world better than how she found it.
From then on, from the New York beaches to the choppy waters of the 1920 Olympics to the Central Park Reservoir, Ethelda made a splash wherever she went.
The water released her from her pain and helped her build strong muscle--and a powerful spirit.
As a child with polio in the early 1900s, swimming set her free.
Ethelda Bleibtrey was a girl with guts who loved the water