Oral history interview with Jeri Fegan, 2007 December 7.

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Oral history interview with Jeri Fegan, 2007 December 7.

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Fegan contracted polio at age 4 and was treated at Blank and Broadlawns hospitals in Des Moines. She talks about the multiple health problem and disabilities she's had due to polio; undergoing spinal surgery at the University of Minnesota by Dr. David Bradford; her lengthy post-surgical recuperation; various incidents in her childhood; her abusive marriage; post-polio syndrome and a polio survivors support group.

Transcript: 11 leaves + 7 photosSound recording: 1 audio CD

Iowa State Historical Society

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Iowa State Historical Society

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Iowa Polio Stories Oral History Project.

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The State Library of Iowa hired Kate Scott to coordinate an oral history project to document the history and impact of polio in Iowa. Interviewees represented counties across Iowa and ranged in age from 55 to 96 and included medical personnel, family members and friends of the afflicted, and polio survivors. The project was carried out in conjunction with the State Library's Center for the Book All Iowa Reads selection for 2007, The Splendid Solution by Jeffrey Kluger. From the descr...

Bradford, David S., 1936-

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Ringgenberg, Wendy,

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Fegan, Jerolyn Kay, 1947-2008,

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