Wilma Rudolph

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Wilma Rudolph
Change Seeker
By Antonia
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Biography

• 20th out of 22 children.
• Her father was a railroad porter and her mother
  was a maid.
• Born in 1940.
• Her mother decided she would do everything in her
  power to help Wilma walk again.

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Biography

• Married her high school sweet heart, Robert
  Eldridge.
• She was tutored by her family.
• She was 7 when she went to school.

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Personal Qualities

• She was focused on sports.
• Shes very patient.
• She was kind to poor people.

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Motivation

• The doctors said that she would never walk again.
  Wilma and her mother wanted to prove them wrong.
  Wilma took classes to help her walk and pretty
  soon she learned how to run. She ran so well, she
  qualified for the Olympics.

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Hardships

• She had a disease called Polio and Scarlet Fever
  and many other diseases.
• Her family was very poor.
• Her dresses were made out of flour sacks.

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Accomplishments

• She qualified for the summer Olympics. She won a
  bronze and three gold metals in Rome.

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Interesting Information

• When she retired she then became a successful
  teacher.

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More

• She had 4 children and their names are Yolanda,
  Djuanna, Robert Jr. and Xurry.
• Wilma Rudolph died on November 12, 1994.

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Four questions I would like to ask my Change
Seeker

• What did she do with her gold metals?
• Where and how old are her children?
• If her children have have children then what are
  their names?
• Are her children alive?