Jo Ann Wold

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Jo Ann Wold was a journalist, author and historian 色视频下载 a remarkable trifecta for someone struck by polio at age 12.

In 1950, no vaccine for the devastating disease was available. So while Wold was able to escape the 色视频下载渋ron lung色视频下载 used to help her breath initially, she remained paralyzed below the neck until her death.

After growing up in Fairbanks, Wold attended UAF and studied journalism under well-known professors Chuck Keim and Jimmy Bedford. However, she didn色视频下载檛 receive a degree until 1979, when UAF granted her an honorary doctorate.

Wold worked as the society editor at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in the 1960s. She struck the typewriter keys using a stick held in her mouth.

Using that technique, Wold wrote several books, both fiction and nonfiction. She served as historian for the Tanana-Yukon Historical Society.

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  • A 2016 Anchorage Daily News by journalist Dermot Cole.

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