Swimming Certificate awarded to Mille Gade Corson

Description (Brief):

Certificate of Membership in the American Red Cross Life Saving Corps is white with black printing and a red cross at the top of the certificate. Issued to Mille Gade Corson, August 27, 1920. Mille Gade Corson, the second woman to swim the English Channel, three weeks after Gertrude Ederle's record breaking Channel swim emigrated to the United States from Denmark in 1919 and became a Life Saving Instructor and Lifeguard at the Harlem branch of the YWCA. In 1921 she became the second woman to swim around Manhattan Island and attempted to swim the English Channel in 1923 but was forced to abandon the effort 2 miles from the French coast. After her successful 1926 swim Corson returned to the US to many accolades and performed on the vaudeville circuit as the first mother to swim the English Channel.

Date Made: 1920-08-27

User: Corson, Amelia GadeReferenced: American Red Cross

Location: Currently not on view

Associated Place: United States: New York, New York City

Web Subject: SportsName Of Sport: SwimmingLevel Of Sport: AmateurWeb Subject: Women

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Credit Line: Gift of Esther Stoyanoff

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0729.03Catalog Number: 1981.0729.03Accession Number: 1981.0729

Object Name: Certificatecertificate, swimming

Physical Description: paper (overall material)white (overall color)red (overall color)black (overall color)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 7 in x 8 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 21.59 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-20f7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1068595

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