About Annie Glenn
Anna Margaret Glenn was an American advocate for people with disabilities and communication disorders and the wife of astronaut and senator John Glenn. A stutterer from an early age, Glenn promoted the awareness of stuttering and other disabilities among children and adults. At the age of 53, Glenn discovered and attended a three-week treatment course at Hollins Communications Research Institute in Roanoke, Virginia, to help with her dysfluency. Castor met John Glenn at a very young age when her parents became involved in the same community organizations as Glenn's parents. Later, Glenn became an adjunct professor with Ohio State's Speech Pathology Department.
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