Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ534970
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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The Politics of Polio.
Gallagher, Hugh
Social Education, v60 n5 p264-66 Sep 1996
Profiles the elaborate attempts by the Roosevelt White House to hide his disability from the public. Early in his career, polio resulted in Franklin Roosevelt being paralyzed from the waist down. Although never officially denied, the White House went to extraordinary lengths to keep this knowledge from the public. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Censorship, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Individual Power, Journalism, Junior High Schools, Mass Media Use, Middle Schools, Modern History, News Reporting, Personality, Political Campaigns, Presidents of the United States, Public Opinion, Secondary Education, Social Problems, Social Studies, United States History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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