CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — You can’t travel through the City of Clarksville and not feel Wilma Rudolph’s impact. From street signs to statues, she’s influenced many like that of Patti Marquess. “When ...
Wilma Rudolph was told by one doctor that she'd never walk again. Polio, double pneumonia and scarlet fever were to blame. So, Wilma Rudolph became the "fastest woman in the world." “My mother told me ...
Wilma Rudolph, celebrated as the “Tennessee Tornado,” overcame significant challenges to become the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Her journey from a ...
An update of Clarksville's Transportation 2020+ provided Clarksville residents a look inside future projects to alleviate traffic, which includes major adjustments to Wilma Rudolph Boulevard. During a ...
For Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph, the proverbial starting line was way behind most Americans. She was born premature and sickly to a poor black family in the Jim Crow South in 1940. As the 20th of 22 ...
American Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Courtesy of the USOC Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born in Saint Bethlehem, Tenn., on June 23, 1940. Afflicted with polio ...
How one big step for Wilma Rudolph turned into Olympic gold. May 20, 2010— -- Half a century ago, gold medal-winning runner Wilma Rudolph was so fast that she ran right into the pages of history.
Title IX pioneers: Wilma Rudolph went from "you'll never walk again" to "fastest woman in the world"
How does a child diagnosed with infantile paralysis, losing use of her leg and forced to depend on leg braces for several years, become a world record-setting Olympian sprinter? “My doctor told me I ...
On Tuesday, Feb. 28, Olympic champion Wilma Rudolph’s life and accomplishments will be celebrated in “Remembering Wilma Rudolph,” presented by two Clarksville educators who know Rudolph’s upbringing ...
For all the hurdles Wilma Rudolph cleared on her way to Olympic superstardom, none of them came on the track. The 20th of 22 children in her Clarksville, Tennessee, family, Rudolph was born ...
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — You can’t travel through the City of Clarksville and not feel Wilma Rudolph’s impact. From street signs to statues, she’s ...
For Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph, the proverbial starting line was way behind most Americans. She was born premature and sickly to a poor black family in the Jim Crow South in 1940. As the 20th of 22 ...
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