1914, June
Planning four-mile swim (Norwich Bulletin, Norwich, CT)
1915, July - Hell Gate swim
“Ida Elionsky Plans Swimming Feat” (Norwich Bulletin)
“16-Year-Old Girl Swims Hell Gate—Arms and Feet Shackled” (Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA)
“Arms and Feet Shackled, Girl Swims Hell Gate” (Pittsburgh Sunday Post)
“Girl’s Remarkable Swimming Feat” (Gunnison Gazette, Gunnison, UT)
“Remarkable Feat With Feet Tied” (Hopkinsville Kentuckian)
“Sixteen-Year-Old Girl Swims Hell Gate, Arms and Feet Shackled” (Mansfield News,
“New London Boasts Young Girl Swimmer” (Hartford Daily Courant, Hartford, CT)
1916, August - Swims two miles down Hudson with brother on her back
“A Great Aquatic Feat” (New Era, Lancaster, PA)
“Miss Ida Elionsky, of New London, Conn., one of the girl swimming stars of the East” (Ogden Standard, Ogden, UT)
1916, September - Becomes 1st woman to swim around Manhattan
“Another Aquatic Record” (Salt Lake Telegram)
“Around Manhattan” (Indianapolis News)
“Brave Hell Gate In 40-Mile Swim” (New York Tribune)
“Girl Swims All Around Big Manhattan Island” (Des Moines Register)
“Girl Swims Around Manhattan Island” (Sun, New York)
“Long Swim By Woman” (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY)
“Miss Elionsky Sets a New Swimming Record” (Oklahoma City Times)
“Woman Swims Forty Miles” (Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, WI)
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The above three images and all other sepia photos appear courtesy of Ida Elionsky’s granddaughter, Joanna Langfield.
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The following articles about the second and third women to swim around Manhattan mention that Ida Elionsky was number one:
1921 - Mille Gade becomes 2nd woman swim around Manhattan
“Girl Swims Around Manhattan Island” (Daily Times, Chattanooga, TN)
“Amelia Gade, age twenty-two, who swam completely around Manhattan” (Miami Herald)
1926 - Lottie Schoemmell becomes 3rd woman to swim around Manhattan
“Mother Shows No Ill Effects of Her 40-Mile Swim” (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
“Woman Swam 40 Miles” (The Gazette, Montreal)
