Aileen Bryan

Aileen Shields Bryan (April 4, 1925 – November 29, 2005) was an American sailor who won the 1948 United States' women's national sailing championship.

[3] In 1938, Bryan sailed with Allegra Mertz during her win for the Syce Cup trophy, the women's Long Island Sound championship; she was 13 at the time and the youngest competitor of the event.

[4] Bryan won the Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Trophy, the United States' Women's National Sailing Championship, in 1948.

She encouraged them to build a boat that had a cockpit where she could place her feet and allowed her to sit sideways while steering.

[15] Bryan is a nominee to the United States' National Sailing Hall of Fame.