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i interviewed my grandma about my great grandma (her mom). we talked about the stories of my grandma working as a nicu nurse and working in a soda shop. we talked about her dreams to be an actress and about...

Monica Tran (17) interviews her dad, Thuan Tran (55) about what his life was like after leaving Vietnam. He talks about how leaving Vietnam was for him as well as his early experiences in America. He also mentions how polio...

Carol Bulwinkle was born in Santa Barbra, California and moved to Charlotte North Carolina shortly after she got Polio as a child. The effects still impact her today. She grew up in Charlotte and moved to Charleston, South Carolina when...

Gary interviews his grandmother Irene about her life.

Randall Black (67) tells her daughter, Holly Phillips (44), about his childhood on his family's farm in Illinois and about contracting, surviving, and recovering from polio as a young child.

Susan talks to her daughter about her childhood, her college life, growing political awarness, her pride in her computer skills and expectations of women who raised families.

The interview was how my Grandpa was affected by Polio. It also showed how it affteced is outlook on life.

an interview with my grandma talking about how times have changed.

Interview with Patricia Harkaway (age 93) about communicable diseases (tuberculosis, polio, and COVID) in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Polio,childhood,nursing

Claire Griffin Francell (85) speaks with her daughter Mary Francell-Sharfstein (54) about herself as a first generation immigrant in the United States, growing up in Massachusetts during the Great Depression and her life as a nurse, educator and volunteer.

Stories from childhood.

Stanley Yarnell (66) talks with Emily Smith Beitiks (31) about being a physician and living with disabilities. Stanley describes where he grew up, how he became blind, training with a cane, becoming a disability advocate, experiencing job discrimination and how...

Marci describes her experience with polio at 7 years old as well as the ways in which it has affected her life.

Hear Karen Marie Smith (74) of Ridgefield, CT share how a commitment to positive growth, faith, love and a choice to see life with a sense of humor can move us forward through life's challenges and pain. Hear how life...

Hollie Rogin, 52, interviews her father, Alan Rogin, 81 about the effects of him spending 9 months in a full body cast at the age of 16, due to post-polio syndrome, and how to overcome the challenges of isolation during...

One Small Step partners Marion Fulton (89) and Sabra Lumbert (34) discuss their very different backgrounds, their experiences teaching in Asia, and their differing views on abortion

Margaret Sturgill interviews her friend and coworker Dennis Horton (60) about his childhood diagnosis of polio and how it changed his life.

Hayley Norton (36) interviews her grandmother, Gramme Alice (87), about her childhood in rural Missouri and her experience raising her three children.

Julie Scharper (42) shares a conversation with her mother, Diane Scharper [no age given], about Diane’s experience of having polio as a child.

Stories with grandaddy

DSW in conversation with MJA, TFR, WCS, PMR PMR Jr and son SDW - Residents; recruitment for Orthopaedic Surgery; ABOS certification - accelerated; Canadian training; Infancy of arthroscopy and total hips; Rancho/Akron Rehab Hospital; Polio; Outlying Clinics

Reverend Heather Brewer (53) interviews Sarah O'Reilly (82) about contracting polio at twelve years old and the impact that had on her life.