Frida Kahlo: Coyoacan, Mexico

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Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico. The Mexican Revolution began during 1910, so she gave out her birth date at July 7, 1910 so her birth could begin with the revolution of modern Mexico. She got polio when she was six, making her right leg smaller, which she hid later in life with long skirts and pants. Her father helped her exercise and regain strength by doing activities more common for boys back then, such as bicycling, swimming, and wrestling. On September 17, 1925, when she was eighteen years old, she was riding a bus that collided with a car. She suffered from a broken spinal column, broken collarbone, broken pelvis, broken ribs, multiple fractures in her leg, and a dislocated shoulder. One of her

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