In the mid-twentieth century, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (the predecessor to today’s March of Dimes ... The nonprofit enlisted poster children, celebrities, presidents ...

The phrase poster child is deeply ingrained in the American lexicon, used to describe exemplars in everything from international politics to failed films to endangered plants, especially in ...

Weaver, who was blind, earlier had been named the 1975 March of Dimes Poster Child. Ford complemented Weaver on her musical talents and gave her a Raggedy Ann doll. She also urged Americans to ...