John glenn biography wife annie stutter
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‘The Right Stuff’ Fact Check: Did John Glenn’s Wife Have a Stutter?
Yes, the real-life Annie Glenn did have a speech stutter, just as Nora Zehetner portrays her in new Disney+ limited series “The Right Stuff.” The wife of John Glenn, who was the first American in orbit, turned what could have been a hindrance into a lifetime of award-winning advocacy work for people with communication disorders and other disabilities.
Annie Glenn’s stutter was hereditary: Homer Castor, her father, also stuttered. The communication disorder would stay with Annie her whole life, but at age 53, she was able to greatly improve her speech via a three-week treatment course at Hollins Communications Research Institute in Roanoke, Virginia. Annie Glenn later became an adjunct professor at the Ohio State University’s speech pathology department.
Ohio State now bestows the “Annie Glenn Leadership Award” annually to a person who has displayed “innovative and inspirational work in speech/language pathology.”
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Annie Glenn a Real Hero and Inspiration
February marked 50 years since John Glenn blasted off to orbit the Earth. Glenn, one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, is an American hero. But he has his own hero — his wife, Annie.
Author and CNN contributor Bob Greene recently wrote on about Annie’s struggles with stuttering. “Her stuttering was so severe that it was categorized as an 85% disability. Eighty-five percent of the time she could not manage to make words come out,” Greene explained.
As a military family, John and Annie moved often. It was often hard to settle in a new area. “I can remember some very painful experiences — especially the ridicule,” Annie recounts.
“In department stores, she would wander unfamiliar aisles trying to find the right section, embarrassed to attempt to ask the salesclerks for help,” Greene wrote. “In taxis, she would have to write requests to the driver, because she couldn’t speak the destination out loud. In restaurants, she would point to th
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Annie Glenn
American advokat (–)
Anna Margaret Glenn (née Castor; February 17, &#;&#; May 19, ) was an American advokat for people with disabilities and communication disorders and the wife of astronaut and medlem av senat John Glenn. A stutterer from an early age, Glenn was notable for raising awareness of stuttering and other disabilities among children and adults.
Early life and education
[edit]Anna Margaret Castor was born on February 17, , in Columbus, Ohio, to Homer and Margaret (Alley) Castor.[1][2] Her father was a dentist.[3] In , the Castor family moved to New Concord, Ohio.[1] &#;
Castor met John Glenn at a very ung age when her parents became involved in the same community organizations as Glenn's parents.[4] The families developed a friendship which allowed Castor and Glenn to remain close as they grew up.[4] The pair became high school sweethearts and continued dating through college.[4]