Abstract
In the late 1950s, a health charity, known as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (March of Dimes), organized American teens into volunteer divisions to fight polio, as well as tame adult anxieties surrounding juvenile delinquency. The alliance that developed permitted the NFIP to increase its influence and revenue, while granting teens an opportunity to assert their cultural power and challenge negative stereotypes. Although the NFIP nurtured and at times dominated the relationship, young volunteers joined for their own reasons and shaped the program to suit their own aspirations and interests.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 249-265 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Cultural and Social History |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 23 Feb 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Apr 2016 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Research Groups and Themes
- Centre for Black Humanities
- Centre for Humanities Health and Science
Keywords
- Juvenile delinquency
- vaccination
- poliomyelitis
- United States
- March of Dimes
- National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
- Teens Against Polio
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