A collection of brief and lively biographies of 77 achievers from a variety of backgrounds, in a variety of fields. Each chapter is illustrated with at least one portrait. Contains a detailed bibliography. Here’s a list of those included in the second edition:
Laurent Clerc
The French legacy
Erastus “Deaf” Smith
“The eyes of the Texas army”
William Willard
Founder of Indiana School for the Deaf
Edmund Booth
Forty-Niner, journalist, and leader
John Carlin
Artist, writer, and advocate
Laura Redden Searing
Literary patriot
Douglas Tilden
“Michelangelo of the West”
Juliette Gordon Low
“The first and best Girl Scout of them all”
William E. “Dummy” Hoy
First deaf major-leaguer
William W. Beadell
Originator of the “Want Ads”
Thomas Scott Marr
Nashville architect
Cadwallader Washburn
Artist and adventurer
Luther “Dummy” Taylor
Major-league pitcher
George Hyde
Plains Indian historian
Regina Olson Hughes
Botanical artist
David Peikoff
Canadian-U.S. Deaf Rights advocate
LeRoy Colombo
“World’s Greatest Lifeguard”
Hillis Arnold
Midwestern sculptor
Frances Woods
The Wonder Dancer
Ernest Marshall
Filmmaker
Boyce R. Williams
Vocational Rehabilitation specialist
Cal Rodgers
Nellie Zabel Willhite
Rhulin Thomas
Three pioneer aviators
Art Kruger
”The Father of AAAD“
Robert Weitbrecht
Physicist and inventor
Frederick C. Schreiber
Humanitarian, leader, and advocate
Donald L. Ballantyne
Medical scientist
Roy Kay Holcomb
“The Father of Total Communication”
Frances “Peggie” Parsons
“Ambassador of Total Communication”
Martin L.A. Sternberg
Scholar and ASL lexicographer
Marcella M. Meyer
Chief Executive Officer of GLAD
Andrew Foster
Missionary teacher
Malcolm Norwood
“The Father of Captioning”
Bernard Bragg
“Prince of Players”
Morris Broderson
Artist
Frank R. Turk
Teacher, administrator, and leader
Lowell Myers
Attorney at Law
William Schyman
Pro basketball player
Eugene Hairston
Pro boxer
Gertrude Scott Galloway
Administrator and Deaf women’s advocate
Douglas J. N. Burke
Founder of SouthWest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf
T. J. O’Rourke
Publisher and advocate
Robert Davila
Highest-ranking government official
Alice Hagemeyer
“Librarian for the Deaf Community”
Frank Peter Hochman
Pioneering physician/surgeon
Jack R. Gannon
Author and historian of the Deaf Community
Ernie Hairston
Black Deaf Advocate
Bonnie Poitras Tucker
Attorney and Professor of Law
Judith Viera Tingley
International businesswoman
Henry Kisor
Journalist
Shirley J. Allen
Glenn B. Anderson
First deaf African-American Ph.D.s
I. King Jordan, Jr.
First deaf president of Gallaudet University
Phyllis Frelich
Tony Award-winning actress
Jack Levesque
Leader and advocate
Linda Bove
Sesame Street star
Kitty O’Neil
“Fastest Woman on Earth”
Michael Chatoff
Legal advocate, Supreme Court groundbreaker
John T.C. Yeh
Entrepreneur
Chuck Baird
Artist and actor
Frank G. Bowe
Disability-rights advocate
Julianna Fjeld
Emmy Award-winning producer, actress
Lou Ferrigno
Bodybuilder and actor
Bill Graham
Kathie Skyer Hering
Champions of late-deafened adults
Mary Lou Novitsky
Deaf Mosaic co-producer and co-host
Bruce Hlibok
Actor, playwright, ASL teacher
Marlee Matlin
Oscar-winning actress
Jerry Covell
Tim Rarus
Greg Hlibok
Bridgetta Bourne-Firl
DPN student leaders
Kenny Walker
Pro football player
Shelley Beattie
Champion bodybuilder, American Gladiator
Curtis Pride
Pro baseball player
Heather Whitestone
Miss America 1995
About the Authors
Matthew Scott Moore
Robert F. Panara
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