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  2. Blanche Wilkins Williams - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Gertrude Scott Galloway - Wikipedia

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    Gertrude Scott was born on November 12, 1930, in Washington, D.C. [1] She was born deaf to deaf parents and deaf grandparents. [1] She was enrolled in Kendall Demonstration Elementary School at age six; since she had been raised using American Sign Language, the school's teaching through oralism proved frustrating.

  4. List of deaf people - Wikipedia

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    Gabriella, a deaf mermaid and one of Ariel's friends in The Little Mermaid. Hawkeye (Clint Barton), a deaf archer from marvel comics. Maxine "Max" Coleman, a deaf girl and Esther's adoptive younger sister in 2009 horror film Orphan. Hearthstone, a deaf elf and one of Magnus's friends from Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.

  5. Helen Keller - Wikipedia

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    Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old.

  6. Angeline Fuller Fischer - Wikipedia

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    Her last article in The Silent Worker was a 1915 call for a memorial to Sophia Fowler Gallaudet in honor of Gallaudet's many contributions to the education for the deaf. [2] Fischer died on April 2, 1925. [2] Her efforts in promoting deaf women's rights have earned Fischer the recognition by disability scholars as one of the first deaf ...

  7. List of deaf firsts - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Agatha Tiegel Hanson - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Deaf history - Wikipedia

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    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.