Phyllis Goggins was a sassy, street-smart Hartford teenager when a corporate public relations strategy changed her life. She traveled to London, curtsied to the Queen, and won the title of the world's fastest jump roper.Double Dutch — a superfast jump-rope game especially popular among city girls,...
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ANNE M. HAMILTON, Hartford Courant
Sun, 11/29/2015 - 1:00am
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