Storytime at the Museum: Long-Armed Ludy

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When:
July 12, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
2023-07-12T11:00:00-04:00
2023-07-12T12:00:00-04:00
Where:
Oconee History Museum
123 Browns Square Dr
Walhalla
SC
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Oconee History Museum
864-638-2224

Join us for an event of OLYMPIC proportions!  Although it’s not an Olympic year, we want to showcase the story of Ludy Godbold, Athletic Director of Camp Jocassee for Girls and first woman Olympian.

We will read the book Long-Armed Ludy and the First Women’s Olympics by Jean L.S. Patrick then we will make an Olympic Gold Medal out of clay.

This event is FREE, but donations are encouraged.

 

Book Description:

Lucile “Ludy” Godbold was six feet tall and skinnier than a Carolina pine and an exceptional athlete. In her final year on the track team at Winthrop College in South Carolina, Ludy tried the shot put and she made that iron ball sail with her long, skinny arms. But when Ludy qualified for the first Women’s Olympics in 1922, Ludy had no money to go.

 

Thanks to the help of her college and classmates, Ludy traveled to Paris and won the gold medal with more than a foot to spare. Hooray for Ludy!

 

Based on a true story about a little-known athlete and a unique event in women’s sports history.