Gertrude Ederle had her goggles sealed with paraffin to render them water tight. Gertrude possessed a contract from both the "New York Daily News" and "Chicago Tribune" when she attempted the Channel swim a second time. The money she received paid her expenses and provided her with a modest salary. It also gave her a bonus in exchange for exclusive rights to her personal story. The "Daily News" and the "Chicago Tribune" got the jump on every other newspaper in America. Another American swimmer in France in 1926 to try and swim the Channel was Lillian Cannon from Baltimore. She was also
Gertrude Ederle of Fame in 2003. She is mentioned in Episode 11 of the first season of "Barney Miller" by the Bird Man character Roland Gusik, as being one who lived her dreams, and did not allow them to be stopped. An annual swim from New York City's Battery Park to Sandy Hook, New Jersey is called the Ederle Swim in memory of Gertrude Ederle, and follows the course she swam. The Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center is located in Manhattan. A BBC Radio 4 play, "The Great Swim", by Anita Sullivan, based on the 2008 book of the same name by Gavin