53 Badass Women Who Changed History Forever ByTheGoat May 6, 2014December 5, 2018 Food, Goat's Picks, Goat's Rant, History, infographic, Life 38. Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel. [1926] Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53