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- March of Dimes - Wikipedia
March of Dimes is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies [1] The organization was founded by US President Franklin D Roosevelt in 1938, as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio The name "March of Dimes" was coined by Eddie Cantor as a pun on the newsreel series The March of Time [2] After funding Jonas Salk
- Our history - March of Dimes
1949 March of Dimes funded Dr Jonas Salk whose research led to a “safe, effective and potent” polio vaccine in 1955 and saved thousands of lives We also funded Dr Albert Sabin’s work on an oral vaccine licensed in 1962
- Franklin Roosevelt founds March of Dimes - HISTORY
The March of Dimes appointed Dr Jonas Salk to lead research for a polio vaccine in 1949 Roosevelt, who died in 1945, did not live to see Salk develop and test the first successful polio vaccine
- 85 years ago - FDR creates the March of Dimes - Rotary Club of Ann . . .
The March of Dimes appointed Dr Jonas Salk to lead research for a polio vaccine in 1949 Roosevelt, who died in 1945, did not live to see Salk develop and test the first successful polio vaccine in 1955
- The dimes that saved lives - Pieces of History
In 1945 the annual March of Dimes campaign raised $18 9 million for National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis When Salk’s vaccine was declared safe and effective in 1955, church bells were rung, and the nation celebrated By 1957 the incidence of polio in the United Sates had dropped by 90 percent
- The March of Dimes and Polio: Lessons in Vaccine Advocacy for . . . - ed
The polio vaccine became available in 1955, due almost entirely to the efforts of the March of Dimes In 1921, Franklin Roosevelt gave a public face to polio and mounted a campaign to prevent it, establishing the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1938 During the Depression, U S citizens were asked to contribute one dime Entertainer Eddie Cantor suggested the name the March of
- March of Dimes begins | EBSCO Research Starters
The March of Dimes began in the early 1930s as a response to the polio epidemic that severely affected many Americans, particularly children Initially rooted in the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, established by Franklin D Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor, the organization aimed to provide therapy for polio patients In 1938, it evolved into the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
- History of March of Dimes
The polio years The March of Dimes has always approached its mission with a spirit of adventure Born on the eve of World War II as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP), the Foundation achieved an instantaneous popularity that reflected the contemporary popularity of its founder, Franklin D Roosevelt FDR’s polio disability—he was never able to walk again on his own
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