Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who was particularly known for her self-portraits. She was born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo Y Calderon in Cayoacon, Mexico on July 6,1907. However, Kahlo gave the date July 7, 1910 in order to coincide with the beginning of the Mexican revolution. During her life she experienced many hardships caused by illness, heartache, and love. She was known as one of Mexico's best artists of the mid-20th century. Frida grew up in her families little blue house where she was born and later died. In Mexico it was considered a blessing to be born and die in the same house. Her father Guillermo was a German photographer who had settled in Mexico where he later met and married her mother Matilde. She had two older sisters, Matilde and Adriana, and a younger sister Cristina. As a child, Frida suffered multiple tragedies that formed her into the woman and artist she had become. At the age of six, she was diagnosed with polio causing her to become bedridden for nine months. Although she did recover from the disease, the illness did damage her right leg and foot causing it to stay much thinner than her left. The doctors suggested she engage in exercise in order to strengthen the muscle mass in her leg. Although at the time sports were dominantly for males, her father enrolled her into multiple sports; such as soccer, swimming, and boxing. Despite his best efforts, her leg remained much smaller and deformed and Frida would forever walk with a limp. Due to the deformity of her right leg, she was teased by the other children and was later given the nickname "peg-leg Frida . Embarrassed, she insisted on wearing multiple layers of socks, special shoes and floor length skirts to hide her abnormally thing leg from public view. In 1922 at the age of eighteen, Frida was one of the only thirty-five female students attending the Nation Prepatory School in Mexico City. At this time she had no intentions on becoming an artist but had hoped to pursue a career as a famous doctor. Frida's mother did not approve of her attending school so far from home and thought it was unnecessary for her to receive a formal education. She believed the only skills a woman needed were to cook, clean, sew, stay home and take care of her husband and family. But Frida's father was determined to see his "favorite daughter  receive the best education possible. During her time at school Frida would meet her future husband Diego Rivera, while he was painting a mural in the schools auditorium. Shortly after Frida became very bored with her classes and teachers. She soon