Wilma Glodean Rudolph · Wilma Rudolph: The Girl Who Outran the Brace

Wilma Glodean Rudolph - Wilma Rudolph: The Girl Who Outran the Brace

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A child marked by polio became the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals at one Olympics. A memento mori obituary comic centered on Childhood polio and illness impaired her left leg before she learned to walk, run, and win three gold medals at Rome 1960.

Citable Summary

Wilma Glodean Rudolph (1940–1994) is featured in an obituary comic about mortality, work, and what remains.
The comic centers on this mortality event: Childhood polio and illness impaired her left leg before she learned to walk, run, and win three gold medals at Rome 1960.
The reader version includes image pages, a PDF, and sources including Britannica; New York Times obituary.

Story Notes

This comic follows Wilma Glodean Rudolph, A child marked by polio became the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals at one Olympics.

The story turns on Childhood polio and illness impaired her left leg before she learned to walk, run, and win three gold medals at Rome 1960, treating that encounter with death as the pressure point for the work that followed.

The source trail for this page includes Britannica; New York Times obituary.

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New York Times obituary

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