Oral history interview with Twyla Woods, 2007 December 7.

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Oral history interview with Twyla Woods, 2007 December 7.

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Twyla Woods talks about contracting polio when she was 5 or 6 years old; recuperating in Blank Childrens Hospital in Des Moines for a year; her aunt's role in her rehabilitation after she left the hospital; her struggles with poor self esteem during her school years; and her ultimate success as a school administrator in Des Moines. Woods, an African American, did not feel that race played a factor in the treatment she received.

Transcript: 6 leavesSound recording: 1 sound cassette

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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...

Raymond Blank Memorial Hospital for Children.

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Woods, Twyla Gay, b. 1953,

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Scott, Kate.

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