Oral history interview with Betty Jean Stanfield, 2007 November 8.

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Oral history interview with Betty Jean Stanfield, 2007 November 8.

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Betty Stanfield talks about growing up on a small farm near Prescott, Iowa and contracting polio in 1940 when she was 13 years old. She was cared for by her mother in the family home without electricity and was able to return to school after a month although the disease left her legs permanently weak, a condition which kept her from working at jobs requiring a lot of standing.

Transcript: 4 leaves + digital copies of two photos, 1 newspaper clippingSound recording: 1 sound cassetteDigital reproduction of transcript and photos: 1 CD-ROM

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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...

Stanfield, Betty Jean, 1927-2008,

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Scott, Kate.

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