Oral history interview with Betty Lou Matthews, 2007 October 3.

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Oral history interview with Betty Lou Matthews, 2007 October 3.

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Betty Lou Matthews talks about being diagnosed with polio when she was a 16-year old living in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. She was treated for several months in hospitals in Sioux City and Storm Lake and eventually nearly fully recovered, going on to graduate from high school and have a family.

Transcript: 8 leavesSound recording: 1 sound cassette

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...

Scott, Kate.

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Matthews, Betty Lou, b. 1930,

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