Chicago History Podcast

FROM THE ARCHIVES - School By Radio: The 1937 Polio Outbreak in Chicago

Send us Fan Mail Enjoy this episode originally posted in January 2021. In 1937, 87 years before the current pandemic forced kids to find ways to learn outside of the traditional classroom, Chicago school children took classes by radio while trying to stay safe from the threat of polio. Support the show for the cost of a cup of coffee. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory Leave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here: https://www.chicagohistorypod.com Affiliate Links (anything you buy - not just this stuff - through these links helps benefit the show): A Paralyzing Fear: The Triumph Over Polio in America by Nina Seavey https://amzn.to/3O5mONS The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine by Linda Elovitz Marshall and Lisa Anchin https://amzn.to/3tYrvlI Not a Kindle Unlimited member? Try it here: https://amzn.to/2WsP1GH Chicago History Podcast Clothing, Mugs, Totes, & More (your purchase helps support the podcast): https://www.teepublic.com/user/chicago-history-podcast https://teespring.com/stores/chicago-history-podcast Chicago History Podcast (chicagohistorypod@gmail.com): https://www.chicagohistorypod.com https://www.facebook.com/Chicago-History-Podcast-107482214277883 https://twitter.com/chicago_pod https://www.instagram.com/chicagohistorypod/ Chicago History Podcast Art by John K. Schneider (angeleyesartjks@gmail.com) and at https://www.instagram.com/angeleyesartjks/ Support the show

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