Download or read book The Light of Deaf Women written by Sofia Seitchik and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2022-03-11 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a book by and about Deaf women, featuring more than 80 stories about Deaf women with distinct identities shaped by their various upbringings and communities. They are visionaries manifesting their destinies, activists fighting for access, entrepreneurs taking charge of their own lives. They are artists, doctors, businesswomen, teachers, advocates, mothers, and philanthropists who have triumphed through barriers and challenges to become the phenomenal women they are today. While these stories proudly shine a spotlight on Deaf women, their determination, passion, and spirit are an inspiration to all. In reading their journeys to their inner Light, may you find connections to your journey, your inner gifts, and the elevation of your being. May you be inspired to shine your inner Light boldy until the world." -- Back cover.
Download or read book Deaf Women A Parade through the Decades written by Mabs Holcomb and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alone in the Mainstream written by Gina A. Oliva and published by Gallaudet University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes her life and experiences as the only deaf child in her public schools.
Download or read book Between Worlds written by Cheryl G. Najarian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to illustrate the struggles of Deaf women as they negotiate their family, educational, and work lives. This study demonstrates how these women resist and overcome the various obstacles that are put before them as well as how they work to negotiate their identities as Deaf women in the Deaf community, hearing world, and the places 'in between.' The scope of the book traces these women's lives in these three major sectors of their lives and provides a discussion of the implications for other linguistic minorities.
Download or read book Listen written by Shannon Stocker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Schneider Family Book Award Winner * A gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. (Cover may vary) "No. You can't," people said. But Evelyn knew she could. She had found her own way to listen. From the moment Evelyn Glennie heard her first note, music held her heart. She played the piano by ear at age eight, and the clarinet by age ten. But soon, the nerves in her ears began to deteriorate, and Evelyn was told that, as a deaf girl, she could never be a musician. What sounds Evelyn couldn’thear with her ears, though, she could feel resonate through her body as if she, herself, were a drum. And the music she created was extraordinary. Evelyn Glennie had learned how to listen in a new way. And soon, the world was listening too. "Radiant." —Publishers Weekly "Perfect for elementary school readers . . . Excellent." —SLJ "Beautiful." —A Mighty Girl “Lyrical . . . Expressive . . . Vibrant.” —Booklist “An intriguing, loving biography.” —Kirkus "Engaging [and] vibrant." —The Horn Book "Fantastic." —Book Riot
Download or read book Know That written by and published by Dawnsign Press. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This treasury of quotes from deaf women about life, love, and overcoming multifaceted challenges provides a resource for those seeking inspiration and understanding. Compiled from contributions from women of all walks of life--young and old, single and married, straight and lesbian, soccer moms and single mothers, women of color--this collection recognizes the gender-specific barriers that women confront daily and offers gender-specific strengths for overcoming them. Also a beginning point of unity for deaf women everywhere, these bits of wisdom address the need to pull together, share the vision and resources needed for empowerment, embrace diversity, and contribute to life each day in small ways.
Download or read book Helen Keller written by Kathleen V. Kudlinski and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1991-11-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Forget that I am deaf and blind and think of me as an ordinary woman," wrote Helen Keller--but she was anything but ordinary. When Helen was growing up, there were no facilities to help handicapped students. Still, she learned to speak, read, and write, attended Radcliffe College, wrote five books, and lectured all over the world. It wasn't enough to prove that she could do anything. Helen wanted other handicapped people to know that they could, too. And Helen achieved her purpose: the world saw a real woman behind the handicaps, and an extraordinary human being behind the legend.
Download or read book Women and Deafness written by Brenda Jo Brueggemann and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 14 scholars bridge two dynamic fields, Women's Studies and Deaf Studies, with various chapters on deaf women photographers, analysis of films with deaf women characters, the significance of deaf beauty pageants, and more.
Download or read book Haben written by Haben Girma and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage. Haben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara. There, she discovered courage as she faced off against a bull she couldn't see, and found in herself an abiding strength as she absorbed her parents' harrowing experiences during Eritrea's thirty-year war with Ethiopia. Their refugee story inspired her to embark on a quest for knowledge, traveling the world in search of the secret to belonging. She explored numerous fascinating places, including Mali, where she helped build a school under the scorching Saharan sun. Her many adventures over the years range from the hair-raising to the hilarious. Haben defines disability as an opportunity for innovation. She learned non-visual techniques for everything from dancing salsa to handling an electric saw. She developed a text-to-braille communication system that created an exciting new way to connect with people. Haben pioneered her way through obstacles, graduated from Harvard Law, and now uses her talents to advocate for people with disabilities. Haben takes readers through a thrilling game of blind hide-and-seek in Louisiana, a treacherous climb up an iceberg in Alaska, and a magical moment with President Obama at The White House. Warm, funny, thoughtful, and uplifting, this captivating memoir is a testament to one woman's determination to find the keys to connection. "This autobiography by a millennial Helen Keller teems with grace and grit." -- O Magazine "A profoundly important memoir." -- The Times ** As featured in The Wall Street Journal, People, and on The TODAY Show ** A New York Times "New & Noteworthy" Pick ** An O Magazine "Book of the Month" Pick ** A Publishers Weekly Bestseller **
Download or read book Deaf Women written by Martha A. Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Finding Zoe written by Brandi Rarus and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At just a few months old, Zoe was gradually losing her hearing. Her adoptive parents loved her—yet agonized—feeling they couldn't handle raising a Deaf child. Would Zoe go back into the welfare system and spend her childhood hoping to find parents willing to adopt her? Or, would she be the long-sought answer to a mother's prayers? Brandi Rarus was just 6 when spinal meningitis took away her hearing. Because she spoke well and easily adjusted to lip reading, she was mainstreamed in school and socialized primarily in the hearing community. Brandi was a popular, happy teen, but being fully part of every conversation was an ongoing struggle. She felt caught between two worlds—the Deaf and the hearing. In college, Brandi embraced Deaf Culture along with the joys of complete and effortless communication with her peers. Brandi went on to become Miss Deaf America in 1988 and served as a spokesperson for her community. It was during her tenure as Miss Deaf America that Brandi met Tim, a leader of the Gallaudet Uprising in support of selecting the university's first Deaf president. The two went on to marry and had three hearing boys—the first non-deaf children born in Tim's family in 125 years. Brandi was incredibly grateful to have her three wonderful sons, but couldn't shake the feeling something was missing. She didn't know that Zoe, a six-month-old Deaf baby girl caught in the foster care system, was desperately in need of a family unafraid of her different needs. Brandi found the answer to her prayers when fate brought her new adopted daughter into her life. Set against the backdrop of Deaf America, Finding Zoe is an uplifting story of hope, adoption, and everyday miracles.
Download or read book Rad Kultur Bewegung written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deaf Women s Lives written by Bainy Cyrus and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Frances M. Parsons writes of a year-long journey overseas in 1976 to lecture about Total Communication. Parsons traveled to Iran, India, Ceylon, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, the Philippines, Australia, and seven countries in Africa to reach administrators, teachers, and deaf students to communicate, using sign, speechreading, writing, and any other means available. Her harrowing and fascinating anecdotes testify to the aptness of her title, I Dared! The combined effect of these three Deaf women's stories, despite the variation in their experiences, reveals the common thread that weaves through the lives of all deaf individuals."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book From Rejection to Love written by Avril Hertneky and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be a Deaf woman growing up in today's society? Are there obstacles? Hardship? Struggles? Those are only some of the battles that I've had to endure growing up as a youngster, teenager, and young adult. Let me tell you, I'm from the city of Brampton in Ontario, Canada. My household was nothing but calm. My sense of safety was jeopardized at every turn. As I write these words, the physical, mental, and emotional pain still runs through the psyche of my being since I've taken my first breath of life. I believe I have a purpose in life; first and foremost a wife and mother of my children. I'm so thankful that my children do not endure what I had to go through in the past with my own mom and dad. I want to get my story out in this world; it is a certain and difficult truth and terribly biased due to my family's upbringing and culture. Sometimes digging up old skeletons out of the closet and exposing them are the only way to release the pain and let go. It is freeing, not only from within myself but all around me. Perhaps this book would be a welcoming balm for others who have gone through similar, horrible childhood as I have experienced. No one should have to go through what I went through. If you know of someone who is going through these types of experiences, ask them to have professional help and get the state involved for one's protection and those of children.
Download or read book Helen Keller written by Stewart Graff and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1965 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the blind and deaf woman who rose above her physical disabilities to international renown and who helped other handicapped persons to live fuller lives.
Download or read book Deafness and Deaf Women written by Mary Anne Pugin and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book She Touched the World written by Sally Hobart Alexander and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura was blind, deaf and could not speak, but she was educated at the first school for the blind and learned to live a useful life.
