In order to pay for her lessons with Lorraine, Rankin rented the Huntingdon College pool and spent her summers teaching the children of Montgomery to swim. Helen Traubel visited the conservatory to perform a recital in 1943 while Rankin was a student. Determined to succeed in an opera career, Rankin went backstage and persuaded Ms. Traubel's accompanist, Coenraad Bos, to hear _her_ sing. <sep>, Pronoun: her <sep>, A: Rankin <sep>, B: Traubel