Who was the first woman to swim across the English channel?

Answer 1

Mihir Sen
Mihir Sen in 14 hours 45 minutes
It is Captain Webb.
Captain Matthew Webb was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel without using artificial aids. On 25th August 1875 he swam from Dover to Calais in under 22 hours.
Matthew Webb was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb
Captain Matthew Webb was the first. He was killed trying to swim agross the Niagra River in Canada/US He swam the channel in 1875.
Matthew Webb

August 24, 1875

took him 21 hours and 45 minutes
Captain Webb made the first observed and unnassisted swim of the channel on the 24th August 1875 in 21 hours and 45 minutes

Answer 2

MR. Arti saha

gertrude ederieGertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim across the English Channel. She did so on August 6, 1926 at the age of 19 in 14 hours and 21 minutes. The first female to swim across the English Channel was Gertrude Ederle on 6 August 1926. She did it in 14 hours 31 minutes, breaking the men's record of the time by two hours. However, this swim attracted some controversy. On 16 August, The Westminster Gazette reported locals as saying that "Miss Ederle swam under the lea of one of the accompanying tugs" while another boat "navigated in such a manner as to keep the heavy seas and tides off her" and that "Miss Ederle was drawn along by the suction of the tug so that she was able to swim at about twice the speed she would have been able to swim under ordinary conditions." The Dover Express and East Kent News commented that "So far little information has been given of the detail of Miss Ederle's swim. The most extraordinary thing about it being that she made no westward drift with the ebb tide, which on the day in question ran westward for nearly seven hours." The first British woman to swim across the Channel was Mercedes Gleitze on 7 October 1927 who managed the feat at her eighth attempt. The first ever recorded Channel crossing was on 24 August 1875 - 25 August 1875 by Capt. Matthew Webb
Grurtrude Ederle.
Gertrude Ederle in 1926

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Ederle
The first woman to swim across the English Channel was Gertrude Ederle
Gurtrude Ederle.

Answer 3

In 1909 Louis Blériot completed the first flight across English Channel. He received a prize of 1000 British pounds for it.Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries crossed the English Channel by balloon on January 7, 1785. The journey took 2.5 hours
Louisd Bleriot

Answer 4

Louis Bleriot, in 1909.

Answer 5

superman