Women's History Month: Wilma Rudolph

After battling both polio and scarlet fever as a kid, Wilma Rudolph was told she would never walk again. She battled, and by age 12 Rudolph was walking. Just 4 years later, she won her first Olympic medal in track and field. Rudolph is the first American woman to earn 3 gold medals in one Olympics, which cemented her nickname: "The Fastest Woman in the World".