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Friends and Partners - The Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor in the History of Polio (Paperback)
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Friends and Partners - The Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor in the History of Polio (Paperback)
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Friends and Partners: The Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil
O'Connor in the History of Polio presents the story of two men, one
the President of the United States, the other an ambitious
attorney, who became the "architects of the fight against polio."
With unfettered access to the March of Dimes Archives, this book
explores the friendship and partnership that ensured the end of
polio in the US, with exclusive pictures and documentation. The
book describes the founding and history of Franklin D. Roosevelt's
(FDR) polio colony in Warm Springs, Georgia, and the early years of
the March of Dimes as established by FDR in 1938 as the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Other little-known aspects of
the partnership are also included, such as O'Connor's participation
in FDR's "Brain Trust," the President's birthday ball fundraisers
during the Great Depression, the March of Dimes during World War
II, and O'Connor's simultaneous leadership of the American Red
Cross. Finally, the book explores, in detail, how O'Connor used the
legacy of FDR after his death in 1945 to promote the philosophy of
"freedom from disease" to achieve the goal of ending polio through
the March of Dimes. Friends and Partners: The Legacy of Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor in the History of Polio will appeal to
researchers, students, and policy makers in public health and
medicine as well as all those interested in learning more about
this pivotal period in history.
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