Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30 ... In 1921 Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio and became paralyzed in each of his extremities (although he would eventually regain the use of ...
It was the day of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration ... while vacationing at his summer home on Campobello Island, Roosevelt was stricken with polio. The illness paralyzed his legs ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. Polio struck future presidents and poor children alike, becoming an ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt consistently ranks among the greatest ... a nonprofit set up to fight polio. FDR’s own history with polio led to him being confined to a wheelchair and contributed ...