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Profile of an Entrepreneur with a Disability - Marilyn Hamilton
Marilyn Hamilton has received many honors, accomplishing more in her lifetime than many of her able-bodied counterparts. She is the founder of the Quickie Wheelchair company (bought out by Sunrise Medical), that has revolutionized the wheelchair industry over the last twenty years. Her story has been featured in three books and countless magazine articles. She has won two silver medals in the Paralympic Ski Championships and has twice won the US Women’s Open Wheelchair Tennis Tournament.
Information and Photo provided by: http://americanhistory.si.edu/disabilityrights/exhibit_heykids2_full.html.