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Wilma Rudolph lived with disability as a child, and survived double pneumonia, scarlet fever, measles, mumps, and whooping cough all before she was seven years old. The one that left its mark was polio.  It "crippled" her legs and stopped her from walking or running like the other children.

How Wilma Rudolph survived polio and became the fastest woman in the world

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Wilma Rudolph lived with disability and sickness from the very beginning. She’s born into this world way too early. There’s no treatment for babies two months premature. Most babies weighing four pounds at birth don’t make it, but she did. The odds are stacked against her. She’s the 20th of 22 children and her parents…Continue reading How Wilma Rudolph survived polio and became the fastest woman in the world

Fannie Lou Hamer grew up as a sharecropper, earned the nickname "the First Lady of Civil Rights", became the co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Party and the co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, and she lived with a disability

Disabled Women in History: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Civil Rights Movement

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Fannie Lou Hamer grew up as a sharecropper, earned the nickname “the First Lady of Civil Rights”, became the co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Party and the co-founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus, and she lived with a disability. Fannie had a gift for captivating audiences with her forceful personality. She dealt with violence…Continue reading Disabled Women in History: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Civil Rights Movement