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Alice Taylor Terry
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Alice Taylor Terry
Presented by Cia Hazel for Gala Parker
Quick Facts
- Born in 1878 in Missouri
- became deaf at age 9
- attended Missouri School for the Deaf, Gallaudet University, and Marionville college in missouri
- Married the deaf Howard Terry in 1901
Aspirations
- Due to the time, she was not allowed to vote due to her gender. Instead, she used her columns to promote deaf rights and deaf empowerment.
- She believed in promoting the use of sign language as a means of communication for deaf people over oral communication.
Accomplishments
- published deaf author of Silent Worker, Silent Broadcaster, and The Jewish Deaf
- used her columns to promote signed language for deaf people instead of oral communication
- belonged to the Los Angeles Silent Club (LASC)
- first woman president of the California Association of the Deaf
- member of the National Association of the Deaf
Conclusion
"Alice Terry will long be rememberd as an articulate and forceful figure in promoting the importance of Sign Language in educating Deaf children, and the rights of Deaf people to achieve full citizenship status."
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