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Jennifer A. Hertneky, 26 years old, is deaf. She lives with her deaf husband, Brian, and their two beautiful children in Frisco, Texas. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, she was raised in Brampton, Ontario. She graduated from George Brown College in Toronto and earned a certificate as a Makeup Artist. In July, 2014, she was a contestant as Miss Canada at the Miss and Mister Deaf International, Inc., held in England. She has the gifts/spirit of a Christian....
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Nathie Marbury, a deaf legend, was born the 16th of 17 children to parents in Mississippi who didn't believe in education. She eventually earned three college degrees and, in this DVD, she shares stories about her early life where she "sang" in the church choir, and her school years where classmates actually tried to rub off her blackness, and later where she tried out for the Gallaudet football team. Her stories and observations are rich in humor...
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Barely fifteen years old in 1888, Agatha Tiegel entered the nation's only college for deaf students after the college tentatively opened its doors to women. Amid male student and faculty hostility and skepticism, Agatha achieved exemplary academic success and became the first female to earn a BA degree from the college. Upon facing the most stringent campus restrictions and exclusion from male only organizations and activities at the college, Agatha...
10) The light of deaf women: inspirational stories from visionaries, artists, founders & entrepreneurs
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"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...
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Life After Deaf is the true story of a woman whose life began to unravel after she suddenly went deaf due to a mystery illness. Author Monique Williamson tells the shocking and frightening story of becoming deaf overnight, first in one ear, then the other...even after being told by doctors that lightning never strikes twice. Life after becoming deaf was very challenging and Monique was forced to learn to adapt. Throughout her ordeal, she gained a...
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Describes how teacher Annie Sullivan became Helen Keller's eyes. She began her education for working with the blind at the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston despite the fact that she was very poor, somewhat coarse in her manner, but very determined to graduate as the valedictorian. Shortly afterward she went to the Keller home and began to work with Helen and after a long time succeeded in making her into a delightful young woman full of intelligence...
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