Polio Epidemic in the United States

Lectures in History

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News, History, Politics

4.2 • 737 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Davidson College professor Sally McMillen talked about the polio epidemic in the United States in the early to mid-20th century. Fear of contracting polio grew following a series of outbreaks, including one in 1916 that started in Brooklyn, New York, and eventually killed more than 6,000 people. She also spoke about the efforts of President Franklin Roosevelt to help find a cure, in part by starting the March of Dimes organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.3	This is American History TV's Lectures in History podcast.
1:04.7	This week, a class on the polio epidemic in the United States in the early to mid-20th century,
1:07.9	taught by Davidson College professor Sally McMillan.
1:13.6	Okay, I just wanted to explain in advance that this history course looks at responses to disasters in American history with an emphasis on research and writing.
1:17.6	Over the semester, we've examined various disasters from different perspectives.
1:21.6	First of all, the psychological and physical problems at Jamestown,
1:25.6	disaster sermons and responses to fires, hurricanes,
1:29.0	and epidemics in colonial America, famine suffered by the Donner Party en route to California,
1:34.6	Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine and the ability to create new lives in this country,
1:40.2	disaster tourism at the Johnstown Flood of 1889,
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