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emotional healing through community

A prosthetist at the UCLA Prosthetics Training Center tests an artificial arm for Margaret during a 1954 “fitting.”

advocacy for people with disabilities

Margaret at the wheel, 1957. Photo by Wilbur M. Curtis for the Memphis Press-Scimitar. Courtesy George S. Curtis Sr.

disability inclusion and empowerment

Philip, Robert and Mother Photo by Wilbur M. Curtis, Memphis Press-Scimitar, 1957. Courtesy George S. Curtis Sr.

inclusion and diversity in society

Margaret in her kitchen, 1957. Photo by Wilbur M. Curtis for the Memphis Press-Scimitar. Courtesy George S. Curtis Sr.

opportunity and access to education

The Chanin family annual Christmas postcard

To be blind and yet, to see

Dr. Margaret Chanin in her office at Meharry

overcoming life challenges with faith

Margaret tells her story in 1984 for an oral history project, University of Texas Dental Branch

hope and resilience stories

Margaret, Robert, and grandchildren. Amy, Jonathan, baby Robbie, and Chris (right), Christmas 1986.

healing through faith and relationships

Margaret Jones Chanin, DDS, MPH