Scales publishes article in ‘The Journal of Social History’
Rebecca Scales, associate professor in the Department of History, published the article "Inventing Polio Care at the Colonie de Saint-Fargeau: Disability, Rehabilitation, and the Welfare State in Interwar France" in the latest issue of The Journal of Social History. The article explores the history of the first residential polio care facility in France, founded by polio survivor Ellen Poidatz.
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