Wilma Rudolph Thesis
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Despite not being able to walk in her early years she pushed through and Wilma Rudolph became the fastest woman runner in the world and won three gold medals in the Olympics.
Background:
Wilma Rudolph was born in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee on June 23, 1940 (Streissguth 4). Wilma was born a sick baby weighing only 4.5 pounds and struggling to breathe. In her early years she also caught many sicknesses for example, measles, mumps, double pneumonia, scarlet fever, and chickenpox (Streissguth 6 - 8). She also lived in a segregated town so her family was looked down upon and criticized for being black. As a result of this they were poor (Streissguth 4 - 5, 6). She also had other difficult hardships.
Body Paragraph: Wilma went through many hardships throughout her life but her worst was Polio. At age four Wilma caught. There are different types of Polio one type can affect your muscles but Wilma got the worst type which paralyzed her legs (Streissguth 6 - 8). Another type of hardship was that she was black and she lived in a segregated town so her family was looked down upon. Also Blanche Rudolph, Wilma’s mother was not able to take Wilma to a decent hospital to treat her Polio. The closest hospital that they could go to was almost fifty miles away in Nashville (Streissguth 8 - 9). They also had little money so …show more content…
She also died in her hometown, Clarksville, Tennessee (Schraff 92). On November 17, four thousand people gathered at Tennessee State University to honor Wilma at her memorial. This also shows the amount of people who supported her and cared for her (Schraff 92). In Wilma’s lifetime of fifty four years she said many great things and a few are, “When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” , “The triumph can't be had without the struggle.”, and “No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps
Despite not being able to walk in her early years she pushed through and Wilma Rudolph became the fastest woman runner in the world and won three gold medals in the Olympics.
Background:
Wilma Rudolph was born in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee on June 23, 1940 (Streissguth 4). Wilma was born a sick baby weighing only 4.5 pounds and struggling to breathe. In her early years she also caught many sicknesses for example, measles, mumps, double pneumonia, scarlet fever, and chickenpox (Streissguth 6 - 8). She also lived in a segregated town so her family was looked down upon and criticized for being black. As a result of this they were poor (Streissguth 4 - 5, 6). She also had other difficult hardships.
Body Paragraph: Wilma went through many hardships throughout her life but her worst was Polio. At age four Wilma caught. There are different types of Polio one type can affect your muscles but Wilma got the worst type which paralyzed her legs (Streissguth 6 - 8). Another type of hardship was that she was black and she lived in a segregated town so her family was looked down upon. Also Blanche Rudolph, Wilma’s mother was not able to take Wilma to a decent hospital to treat her Polio. The closest hospital that they could go to was almost fifty miles away in Nashville (Streissguth 8 - 9). They also had little money so …show more content…
She also died in her hometown, Clarksville, Tennessee (Schraff 92). On November 17, four thousand people gathered at Tennessee State University to honor Wilma at her memorial. This also shows the amount of people who supported her and cared for her (Schraff 92). In Wilma’s lifetime of fifty four years she said many great things and a few are, “When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” , “The triumph can't be had without the struggle.”, and “No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps