LOOK BOOKS Beginner Biography Wilma Rudolph Fastest Woman on Earth by Jeri Cipriano illustrated by Scott R Brooks Red Chair Press Egremont Massachusetts
Introduction Wilma Rudolph was born on June 23 1940 in St Bethlehem Tennessee Wilma weighed less than five pounds at birth She was the 20th of 22 sisters and brothers She was so sick as a child doctors said she would never walk But soon she began to run Wilma ran so fast she won three gold medals at the Olympics 4
My doctors told me I’d never walk My mother said I would I believed my mother 5
