OnStage: The Healing Sister
Claudia Wilkens, who stars as Sister Elizabeth Kenny, and a young patient in the production of "Sister Kenny" at the History Theater.
[Star Tribune, Jan. 22, 2010] The testimony of children treated by Sister Kenny has inspired a new play, “Sister Kenny,” at the History Theatre. It tells the story of the pioneering physical therapist who established a clinic in Minneapolis, now called the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute that is part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics, for the treatment of polio and became one of the nation’s most admired people—at the same time that many in the medical establishment—dismissed her as a huckster.
Read the full story online at startribune.com. Also read the MinnPost.com story about “Sister Kenny” online.
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Claudia Wilkens, who stars as Sister Elizabeth Kenny, and a young patient in "Sister Kenny" at the History Theater.
Posted: January 22nd, 2010, 12:24 pm under newspapers, Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, Star Tribune, _.
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