Oral history interview with Penny Ralles, 2007 November 30.

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Oral history interview with Penny Ralles, 2007 November 30.

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Penny Ralles describes contracting polio at age 6 and being sent to Des Moines's Blank Hospital for 12 weeks, much of the time in isolation; her family life in West Des Moines including the birth of her daughter; interactions with doctors and nurses; living with constant pain associated with the disease; recovering from recent hip replacement surgery; and post-polio syndrome.

Transcript: 13 leavesSound recording: 1 sound cassette

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7582722

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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...

Ringgenberg, Wendy,

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Ralles, Penny Rae, b. 1944,

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