The story of Sister Kenny
People line up to receive the Salk polio vaccine in Protection, Kansas in 1957.
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A play about Sister Kenny, the Minnesota nurse who took on the medical establishment and helped thousands of polio survivors, opens Saturday at the History Theatre in St. Paul. Midday rebroadcasts a documentary about Sister Kenny's work and legacy.
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