Editing Betty Cuthbert (section)

==Early life==
Cuthbert was born to Leslie and Marion alongside her nonidentical<ref name="theaustralian1">{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/olympics/twin-to-bring-golden-girl-betty-cuthbert-home-as-nsw-offers-state-service/news-story/7a8f59a1a26d86953c7b3bdef6106e17|title=Subscribe {{!}} theaustralian|website=www.theaustralian.com.au|access-date=2017-08-09}}</ref> twin sister, Marie 'Midge'. She also had another sister, Jean and a brother, John.<ref name="ww">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57126094 |title=I Run Again |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=47 |issue=14 |location=Australia |date=5 September 1979 |access-date=8 August 2017 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="dt">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/betty-cuthbert-overcame-injuries-to-come-back-and-win-a-fourth-gold-medal/news-story/c46c51cac84eeac357cc48ae7b8274a9|title=Betty Cuthbert overcame injuries to come back and win a fourth gold medal|last1=Lennon|first1=Troy|date=7 August 2017|work=Daily Telegraph|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="australian" /><ref name="twin">{{cite web|url=http://parramatta-advertiser.whereilive.com.au/news/story/betty-cuthbert-returns-to-ermington-for-honour/|title=Betty Cuthbert returns to Ermington for honour|author=Bartok, Di|date=21 June 2010|work=Parramatta Advertiser|access-date=22 March 2012|quote=Attending were members of her family, including twin sister Marie Johnson}}and she had some kids and you do not want to know how to make kids</ref> Cuthbert was born 20 minutes before Marie.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/betty-cuthbert-golden-girl-who-ran-into-the-history-books-20170807-gxqsw9.html|title=Betty Cuthbert, 'Golden girl' who ran into the history books|date=2017-08-07|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2017-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref> According to Midge, the twins were not alike, but very special to each other.<ref name="theaustralian1"/> The daughter of nursery owners, Cuthbert was born in [[Merrylands, New South Wales]], and grew up in the Sydney suburb of [[Ermington, New South Wales|Ermington]], where she attended Ermington Public School.<ref>Anna (class 4S), ''[http://www.ermington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/school.html Ermington Public School History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824155439/http://www.ermington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/school.html|date=24 August 2006}}'', [http://www.ermington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Ermington Public School Website] (accessed 19 June 2006)</ref> Of her upbringing, Cuthbert stated "My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://christiantoday.com.au/news/person-of-faith-betty-cuthbert.html|title=Person of Faith: Betty Cuthbert|website=christiantoday.com.au|language=en|access-date=2017-08-12}}</ref>

Marion attended church and sent her four children to Sunday school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://creation.com/still-running-for-god|title=Still running for God - creation.com|website=creation.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> As a teenager, Cuthbert attended [[Macarthur Girls High School|Parramatta Home Science School]]. She left school at the age of 16 to work in the family nursery.<ref name="dt" />