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Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph

The hero I chose was Wilma Rudolph.  I chose this woman because she was able to achieve her goals in a time of segregation.  She became an Olympic track star.
	Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born on June 23, 1940 to Ed and Blanche Rudolph.  She was born in St. Bethlehem, Tenn.  She was from a large family of 20 brothers and sisters.  When she was born early and only weighed 4.5 pounds.  At that time she was not allowed to go to the hospital.  It was for whites only.  There was only one black doctor in town.  She was not expected to live.  She was a sick child that had many childhood diseases.  She had measles, mumps, chicken pox, scarlet fever and pneumonia.  Little Wilma was taken to the doctor when her left leg and foot became weak and deformed.  She was told she had polio.  Polio was a crippling illness without a cure.  The doctor told her family she would not walk again.  The Rudolph family would not give up on Wilma.  Mrs. Rudolph found out that Wilma could be treated at Meharry

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