Wilma Rudolph : a biography /

Wilma Rudolph : a biography /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smith, Maureen (Maureen M.)
Imprint:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Description:	xxiii, 137 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Greenwood biographies
Subject:	Rudolph, Wilma, -- 1940- Rudolph, Wilma, -- 1940-1994 Runners (Sports) -- United States -- Biography. Women runners -- United States -- Biography. Runners (Sports) Women runners. United States. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6100590

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ISBN:	0313333076
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-130) and index.

Table of Contents:

Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: African American Women in Sport
Timeline: Significant Events in Wilma Rudolph's Life
Chapter 1. A Legend is Born-The Early Days of Wilma Rudolph
Chapter 2. Wilma Removes the Leg Braces and Gets Involved in Athletics
Chapter 3. Meeting Ed Temple and Running with the Tennessee State Tigerbelles
Chapter 4. Running at the 1956 Olympic Games
Chapter 5. Coming Home to Burt High School
Chapter 6. Becoming a Tennessee State Tigerbelle
Chapter 7. Wilma Runs to History at the 1960 Olympic Games
Chapter 8. Wilma's Post-Olympic Competitions
Chapter 9. Wilma Rudolph: An American Image
Chapter 10. Hanging Up the Spikes: Wilma in Retirement
Chapter 11. Wilma on Wilma-Writing Her Own Story
Chapter 12. The Legacy of Wilma Rudolph-From Evelyn Ashford to Marion Jones
Appendix. Performances of African American Women in Olympic Track and Field
Bibliography
Index