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Blanche Wilkins Williams (December 1, 1876 – March 24, 1936) was an American educator of deaf children. In 1893 she became the first African American woman to graduate from the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. She was described by a prominent deaf newspaper as "the most accomplished deaf lady of her race in America". [citation needed]
The history of deaf people and deaf culture make up deaf history.The Deaf culture is a culture that is centered on sign language and relationships among one another. Unlike other cultures the Deaf culture is not associated with any native land as it is a global culture.
The same year, Geraldine received the Ninth Annual Mercedes Mentor Award in Chicago. [1] In 2011, Jerrie Lawhorn retired from the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired after 40 years of teaching. [7] The same year, the Winnetka-Northfield Chamber of Commerce awarded Geraldine as the Winnetka Teacher of the Year.
Socially blind and deaf, it defends an intolerable system, a system that is the cause of much of the physical blindness and deafness which we are trying to prevent. [ 49 ] In 1912, Keller joined the Industrial Workers of the World (the IWW, known as the Wobblies), [ 44 ] saying that parliamentary socialism was "sinking in the political bog".
Agatha Tiegel Hanson (September 14, 1873 – October 17, 1959) was the second woman to graduate from the National Deaf-Mute College (Gallaudet College's official name until 1894) in 1893 and the first woman to receive a Bachelor of Arts from the school.
Henry Winter Syle, American cleric, first deaf person to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States (1883). [12] [13] Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, South African politician, first deaf female Member of Parliament in the world [14] Heather Whitestone, first deaf woman to win the title of Miss America [citation needed]
In addition to her work as an educator, Simms has long been an advocate in the Deaf community. She is on the leadership board of Deaf Women of Color, an organization she founded in 2005 with Leticia Arellano, Thuan Nguyen-Lakrik, and Francisca Rangel, [7] which provides educational and professional development opportunities for Deaf women of color, including annual conferences.
Helen May Martin was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of John Henry Martin, a salesman, and Helen Smith Martin, a teacher and milliner. [2] [3] She was deaf and blind from childhood. [4]