No.559 Anna Maria Bennett, 2010

File — Box: 65, Folder: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Bennett (b. 1952) discusses her family and early memories of Costa Rica. She contracted polio at sixteen months and spent a short time in an iron lung. She received treatment at the Shriners Hospital in San Francisco, California. She describes her treatment, permanent disabilities, and post-polio health issues.

Polio Oral History Project.

Interviewer: Becky B. Lloyd

Dates

2010

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.