Ivy Tica’s WW Part E Lesson 3
1. Wilma’s mother was vibrant because she cared immensely for Wilma as a child, making her exercise, and even gave her daily leg massages four times at home. She never stopped encouraging her daughter even when Wilma’s situation seemed hopeless, and always cheered her on to be the best she could.
2. Wilma Rudolph practiced her exercises zealously as a child, despite constant pain. Her determination in getting stronger and healthier showed her dream of being able to walk by herself, which she accomplished later on.
3. Even though Wilma had every right to mope and complain about her situation, she didn’t. Instead, she was stoic about her hardships and pushed on even when it was painful to do so.
4. As a baby, Wilma had an incipient form of
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Polio caused Wilma’s muscles in her leg to atrophy, affecting her leg and attitude.
6. Wilma’s other made sure that her daughter had a weekly regimen of heat and water therapy at her hospital, and also massaged her leg four times daily. Also, her mother made sure Wilma exercised.
7. The efforts people made to help Wilma were efficacious because at age five she was given a steel brace that allowed her to walk, restoring some function in her leg. Later on, Wilma took their efforts further and learned how to walk and run by herself.
8. Mrs. Hoskins had taught Wilma to think positively about their lives and goals, which later helped Wilma at the Olympics; Wilma told herself she could do it, and she did.
9. Wilma Rudolph’s performance in the 1960 Olympics earned her gold medals in all three of her events, even though she had a twisted ankle. What made it more prodigious was that she had a leg disability and was the first woman to win three gold medals in the history of Olympic track and field.
10. If Wilma Rudolph had started her running career a decade or two later, she might’ve been a recipient of corporations’ emoluments “that would make millionaires of sports heroes in the decades to