Little polio victim feature, 1958

Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gaze. Date: 1958-05-24. Reporter: Gaze. Assignment: Patricia Woods. Special instructions: for Sun or Mon. #63: Playmates at the Madison School look on as Patty Woods goes thru [sic] her paces in hopskotch [sic]. She took second place in school's hopskotch [sic] tournament despite her handicap. #70: Patty rides a bicycle with special stirrups as an aid in developing her paralyzed left leg. She never permits her handicap to keep her from being active in school, in sports, in dramatics and girl scout work. #5: Patty Woods' Kenny sticks break the surface of the William Tell pool as she dives in for a swim. Often she drops one of the sticks after a dive, but easily swims to the bottom of the deep water to retrieve it. #15: Patty demonstrates the crawl stroke. She has swum 64 times the length of the 60-foot pool. #17: The back stroke. She also does the breast stroke, swims easily under water. #668: Patricia Woods, 11, of Santa Monica, polio victim, whose courage is an inspiration to handicapped and non-handicapped aloke, starts out for a girl Scout meeting. Patty is patrol leader of Troop 19, is an excellent swimmer, a junior lifeguard, rides a bicycle, plays hopskotch [sic] and is member of a drama club".

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