Oral history interview with Ruth Nelleson , 2007 October 3.

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Oral history interview with Ruth Nelleson , 2007 October 3.

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Ruth Nelleson contracted polio when she was a toddler. She describes the effects of being isolated from her family while in the hospital; having to have surgeries at age 4 to manage a foot problem; wearing special orthopedic shoes paid for by the March of Dimes; and coping with being different from her school peers. She describes being an avid horseback rider later in life and how hip replacement surgery following a riding accident actually improved her polio-damaged leg.

Transcript: 10 leavesSound recording: 1 sound cassette

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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...

Nelleson, Ruth Ann, b. 1951,

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Scott, Kate.

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