have a very hard time with her and anyone who had authority over her; especially Diego Rivera. She teased and played trick on him while he was trying to paint a mural at her school. (Venezia, 20)
             Then, on September 17, 1925, as Frida and her boyfriend Alejandro were traveling home from school together on the bus, the course of Frida's life changed forever (Kettenmann, 17-18). The bus they were riding in collided with a trolley car, seriously injuring Frida and many others. During the accident, a metal rod punctured Frida's abdomen. In addition, her spinal column, pelvis, collarbone, right leg and foot, left shoulder and two ribs were all damaged in some way (Herrera, 34). Although Frida's body eventually healed, she suffered many illnesses, discomforts and disappointments later in life as a result. This accident is what many feel made Frida into the artist she is remembered as today. " Frida Kahlo was a woman who suffered a great deal of pain in her life" (Albright Knox, 1).
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