Women's History
Wilma Rudolph's great life
Name: Wilma Rudolph
she was born on June 23, 1940
and died on November 12, 1994
Wilma Rudolph's education
While Wilma was still in high school she accomplished the collegiate level and competed in the Olympics contest in 1956 and won the bronze medal 4x100 relay.
Wilma Rudolph's accomplishments
Wilma was the first American woman to win three medals in the same Olympics she earned a title called "The fastest woman in the world."
Wilma Rudolph's later years on
When Wilma retired from the field and the track she went back to Tennessee State University to complete her degree and started working and still carries on with her involvement in sports.
The poem in Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
focus, fast, goes on life forward
husband of Willie Ward, (mother of four kids)
love being confident, strong, believing
stands up for believing in winning
struggles with polio and a scarlet fever
feared that she will fall many times in the Olympics
being the first woman American to win 3 medals in the same Olympics
who wanted to believe that she would be the first fasted American in the world
Born in Saint Bethlehem, Clarksville/living in Tennessee