IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
JUDY HERRON HOIT (1945- )
PAPERS, 1950-1998
1 linear inch
QUANTITY:»
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ACQUISITIONS: |
The papers (donor no.
531 ) were donated by Judy Hoit in 1998. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open
for research. |
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VIDEOCASSETTES: |
Two videocassettes (V183, V184). |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Margaret Richardson, 1999. |
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REVISION: |
Bobby Jett, July 13, 1999 [WORD 7 Hoit.doc] |
Biography
Judy
Herron Hoit was born July 7, 1945 on a farm south of Coon Rapids, Iowa. Shortly after her fourth birthday she
contracted infantile paralysis (polio).
In 1952 she received six months of treatment at a polio facility built
by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Warm Springs, Georgia. During this period she had surgery to
straighten her knees and feet. Hoit
spent most of the next six years at Warm Springs, returning to her home when
she was thirteen. She graduated from
Guthrie Center High School in 1964. In
1964 she married Arnold Hoit and from this marriage had two sons. Following her divorce in 1977 Hoit and her
sons moved to Iowa City where she worked as a receptionist and typist. Though many people suggested she request
disability status, she resisted the idea.
Hoit authored several articles explaining disability access and disability
awareness.
Judy Hoit won the
Handicapped Woman of Iowa Pageant in 1991, which led to many speaking
engagements for her throughout the state.
She created a consulting business which addresses the accessibility and
awareness issues for persons with disabilities. In 1996 Hoit was named Ms. Wheelchair Iowa. She was state coordinator for Ms. Wheelchair
Iowa in 1997 and 1998.
Scope and Content Note
The Judy Herron Hoit papers date from 1950 to 1998 and measure one linear inch. They consist of Hoit’s 52-page autobiography, My World has Access Now; magazine and newspaper articles by and
about Hoit; awards she has received; photocopies of candid photographs of
Hoit’s stay in the Warm Springs, Georgia, polio facility; and articles about
her 1998 trip to South Africa. There
are two videocassettes about Hoit. One is a part of Iowa Public Television’s Living in Iowa Series (April 30, 1998);
the other is entitled Wheelchair Bound
(November 1991).
SCVF Description
Folder 1 Judy
Herron Hoit papers
Videocassettes
(V183, V184) [shelved in videocassette collection]