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Curated List of Sources about Hickory, NC

"The 1940s: The Miracle of Hickory | Our State." Our State, 25 June 2018, www.ourstate.com/the-miracle-of-hickory/. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024. ‌

Sink, Alice E. "A Miracle at Hickory." Jack & Jill, vol. 63, no. 4, June 2001, p. 27. Research in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A75373077/MSIC?u=dur51189&sid=MSIC&xid=e1c3cd83. Accessed 19 Mar. 2019.

Zuber, Richard L. "'Miracle of Hickory'." Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press, 2006. NCPedia, www.ncpedia.org/history/miracle-of-hickory. Accessed 19 Mar. 2019.


Curated Source List about WWII, Rationing, and Victory Gardens

Benson, Sonia, et al. "Rationing." UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History, vol. 7, UXL, 2009, p. 1294. Gale in Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3048900508/MSIC?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=e2e2998b. Accessed 16 Jan. 2024.

"Fighting the War." Ncpedia.org, 2024, www.ncpedia.org/anchor/fighting-war. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024. ‌

"Gardening for the Common Good." Smithsonian Institution, 2018, library.si.edu/exhibition/cultivating-americas-gardens/gardening-for-the-common-good. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024. ‌

"Victory Gardens." Ncpedia.org, 2024, www.ncpedia.org/anchor/victory-gardens. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024. ‌

"Victory Gardens on the World War II Home Front (U.S. National Park Service)." Nps.gov, 2022, https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/victory-gardens-on-the-world-war-ii-home-front.htm. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024. ‌

Curated List of Sources about Polio and Iron Lungs

"The Iron Lung | Science Museum." Science Museum, 2018, www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ objects-andstories/medicine/iron-lung. Accessed 24 Jan. 2024. ‌

"Polio." Sick!, UXL, 2000. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CV2643900099/MSICu=dur51189&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=fddaa6cc. Accessed 8 Jan. 2024.

Schuelein, Marianne. "Poliomyelitis." World Book Advanced, World Book, 2019, www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar437100. Accessed 19 Mar. 2019

"What is Polio?" Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 25 July 2017, www.cdc.gov/polio/about/index.htm. Accessed 19 Mar. 2019.

"What is Polio?" Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 25 July 2017, www.cdc.gov/polio/about/index.htm. Accessed 19 Mar. 2019.