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

Go! Wilma! Go!  Many people never believed that WIlma Rudoph
would live to see her first birthday because she was so tiny when she
was born.  Many people believed she would grow up because she was
so sickly when she was a little girl.  Many people believed Wilma would
never walk again after she got polio.  Wilma proved them all wrong,
and she became the fastest woman in the world doing it!  Read about
Wilma's amazing courage and perseverance in this great book!
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