Franklin D. Roosevelt
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tjames
How did FDR's polio affect his presidency?
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duckncover
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A 2003 study identifies FDR's illness as Guillain-Barre syndrome, not polio.
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ignati
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FDR felt it was crucial that the public not suspect his paralytic illness and often managed to convince others he was getting better.
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bonnieginter
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He founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, now the March of Dimes.
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orc1998
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Thats not true it was in 1996
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