Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman

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Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman

By Kathleen Krull

Reading Level: Early Elementary School, Late Elementary School
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Harcourt 1996

After contracting polio at the age of 4, Wilma Rudolph was told she would never walk again. This book tells the inspiring tale of how Wilma battled disease, her leg brace, and segregation to become the fastest woman in the world at the 1960 Olympics.

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track, run, runner, running, athlete, athletic, olympics, civil rights, segregation, polio, disability

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Newbery Medal

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Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award

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