For years I have been telling a story of a "family event" which
included the "fact" that we were watching, on TV, Wilma Rudolph run
in an Olympic track event in the early evening (USA time) of October
15, 1964. In reading a recent reader's theater in Library Sparks by
Toni Buzzeo where she deals with Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull --
I read her note about the subject. Toni mentions that Rudolph
retired from sports in 1963. Of course, my memory (and this family
legendary tale that has been told for nearly 40 years) could not be
wrong -- I was going to write Toni a note and before doing so, I
wanted to document her error. <grin> But in checking it appears that
my memory is wrong and Toni (and the author Kathleen Krull) were
correct.
But I do distinctly remember a female runner, running triumphantly
that night. So if not Rudolph, then who?
I usually consider myself a pretty good researcher - -but this one
has me stumped. And if you (or one of your astute students) figure
this out, I'd like not only the answer but how and where they found
the answer.
TYIA,
Sharron
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Sharron L. McElmeel
http://www.mcelmeel.com
McBookwords (a literacy organization)
http://www.mcbookwords.com/
Instructor - University of Wisconsin-Stout
Children's Literature in the Reading Program
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/childrenslit/
Young Adult Literature in the Reading Program
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/yalit/
3000 N Center Point Rd
Cedar Rapids, IA 52411-9548
ph. (319) 393-2562
fax (319) 393-4749
mcelmeel@mcelmeel.com
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