‘Young Woman and the Sea’ centers on Trudy Ederle, a young woman who goes against all odds in an attempt to set a record of being the first woman to swim across the English Channel. The daughter of a butcher in Manhattan, Trudy is interested in swimming from an early age. Her mother encourages her to become a professional swimmer, while her father opposes such dreams. Living in the early 20th century, Trudy grapples with the social stigma of being a girl in sports and seeks to break the perception of women as less capable than men by completing a 35-mile swim across the English Channel, separating England and France.