Wilma Rudolph: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

Book was an interesting insight in Wilma and the times in women and athletics. Book could have been more concise. My 3rd grader enjoyed!

My cousin wrote this book, how could I not LOVE it!

My fault. I was looking for Wilma, the autobiography.

The Wilma Rudolph book was in excellent condition and was shipped most promptly. Thank you! I'd recommend this seller.

This is a great account of the career of Wilma Rudolph and how she overcame so many obstacles to become a world champion. Even more, it gives an interesting account of world-class sport for women when it was still amateur: few scholarships, little organization, infrequent competitions hardly noticed by the press. For example, the day after Wilma came home from winning a bronze medal in Melbourne (1956), she was starting for her high school basketball team as if nothing really big had happened. Imagine that today. Lots of pages, and a unusual look at women's sport fifty years ago.