by the nation’s most famous polio victim, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He often speaks of his mother’s tenacity and love as the reason for his recovery. “I was under intense observation ...

The narrator tells how Roosevelt, on the day he fell sick, became overheated fighting ... but these days even a TV audience has heard that polio is caused by a virus. Troubles & Perquisite.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is renowned ... "I think he was that man before he became sick, but he only discovered who he really was through the ordeal of polio. So it gave him a kind of confidence ...

For the remainder of his life, Roosevelt would wear braces to prop him up during public speeches, but he would never be able to stand or walk on his own. Thanks to the efforts of American ...

The concerned citizens could include a member of Roosevelt’s family, a person who suffered from polio, a historian who has written a biography of FDR, an activist who works on behalf of rights ...