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Lawrence R. Newman, deaf educator and activist, and served two terms as President of the National Association of the Deaf; Michael Ndurumo, a deaf educator from Kenya, the third deaf person from Africa to be awarded a PhD; Marie Jean Philip, a teacher and leading international advocate for the right to sign language
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]
Keller became a world-famous speaker and author. She was an advocate for people with disabilities, amid numerous other causes. She traveled to twenty-five different countries giving motivational speeches about deaf people's conditions. [43] She was a suffragist, pacifist, Christian socialist, birth control supporter, and opponent of Woodrow Wilson.
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Louis Laurent Marie Clerc (French: [lɔʁɑ̃ klɛʁ]; 26 December 1785 – 18 July 1869) was a French teacher called "The Apostle of the Deaf in America" and was regarded as the most renowned deaf person in American Deaf History. He was taught by Abbé Sicard and deaf educator Jean Massieu, at the Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets in Paris
Nyle DiMarco (born May 8, 1989) [3] [4] is an American model, actor, and Deaf activist. In 2015, DiMarco was the winner of The CW's reality television series America's Next Top Model in season 22, becoming the second male winner and the first Deaf winner.
Glennie has been profoundly deaf since childhood, having started to lose her hearing at the age of 8. [11] This does not inhibit her ability to perform. She regularly plays barefoot during live performances and studio recordings to feel the music. [11] Glennie contends that deafness is largely misunderstood by the public.
Culturally Deaf people have also represented themselves in the dominant written languages of their nations. [52] Deaf artists such as Betty G. Miller and Chuck Baird have produced visual artwork that conveys a Deaf worldview. [53] Douglas Tilden was a famous Deaf sculptor who produced many different sculptures in his lifetime. [54]