Martha Lillard

Martha Lillard
Lillard in 1953
Born
Martha Ann Lillard

(1948-06-08) June 8, 1948
Known forBeing the last known person to use the iron lung

Martha Ann Lillard (born June 8, 1948) is an American polio survivor who lives in an iron lung. After Paul Alexander's death, she became the last known person to still live in an iron lung. She contracted polio in 1953, when she was five years old.