Grade Range: 9-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 7/28/2008
When Franklin Roosevelt contracted polio in 1921, at age thirty-nine, it inspired his interest in medical philanthropy. Students will learn about his efforts in the fight against polio including the founding of the Warm Springs Foundation in Warm Springs, Georgia and the Birthday Ball fundraisers that later became the March of Dimes philanthropy. FDR and Polio is part of the online exhibition, Whatever Happened to Polio?
Multimedia instruction, Museum education
This early respirator for producing artificial respiration over long periods of time was designed...
science, Whatever Happened to Polio, 20th century, American history, handicap, poliomyelitis, History, Polio, twentieth century, 1900’s, United States history, Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, infantile paralysis, medicine, medical, poliovirus, paralysis, FDR, disease, health, US history
A picture book that tells the story of athlete Wilma Rudolph, her struggle against polio, and her...
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