Inspiring piece on Annie Glenn and how she coped with and eventually dealt with severe stuttering. She stuttered at a rate of 85% -- out of every 100 words, 85 were affected.

If you saw "The Right Stuff," you'll remember that the film told the story of how she did not want the vice president to come into her home on the morning of the launch because she didn't want attention drawn to her disability.

Her husband backed her up.

“We tend to think of heroes as being those who are well known,” John Glenn wrote, “but America is made up of a whole nation of heroes who face problems that are very difficult, and their courage remains largely unsung. Millions of individuals are heroes in their own right.”

“In my book, Annie (his wife of 73 years) is one of those heroes.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/09/to-john-glenn-the-real-hero-was-his-wife-annie-conqueror-of-disability/?utm_term=.73ccff02bf96&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1