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2) Long-armed Ludy and the first women's Olympics: based on the true story of Lucile Ellerbe Godbold
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Presents a picture book biography of Lucile "Ludy" Godbold who earned the chance to go to the 1922 Women's Olympics in France for the shot-put competition. However, she didn't have the money to travel there. Her college's staff and students all donated to send Godbold to France where she overcame all the odds to win for her family, friends, and country. Includes historical information and an author's note.
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Picture Books for Black History Month
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Picture Books for Black History Month
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Before Wilma was five years old, polio had paralyzed her left leg. Everyone said she would never walk again. But Wilma refused to believe it. Not only would she walk again, she vowed, she'd run. And she did run -- all the way to the Olympics, where she became the first American woman to earn three gold medals in a single olympiad.
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8) Boundless
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" World champion high jumper Chaunte Lowe pens the captivating story of her journey from an impoverished childhood full of big dreams and devastating hurdles, to becoming a bronze medal-winning US Olympian. Everything seemed set against Chaunte Lowe. Growing up with a single mother in Paso Robles, California, where she experienced food insecurity, homelessness, and domestic abuse, Chaunte couldn't imagine a future that offered a different sort of...
15) Wilma Rudolph
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A biography of the woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
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"The uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship triathlon. Minda Dentler made history when she became the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the world's toughest triathlon, using only her arms to finish a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile marathon. But the journey there wasn't easy. Minda was paralyzed as an infant in India after contracting polio, and...