Deaf History
Agatha Tiegel Hanson
Our Places in the Sun
Agatha Tiegel Hanson (1873-1959) is regarded as a seminal figure in Deaf history for her writing, advocacy, and leadership, though her accomplishments merit recognition within the larger context of American ...
Turn on the Words!
Deaf Audiences, Captions, and the Long Struggle for Access
The story of how captioning came into the lives of deaf and hard of hearing people has not been told with any detail, though captions are one of the greatest technological advancements in the effort to ...
A Phone of Our Own
The Deaf Insurrection Against Ma Bell
In 1964, of the more than 85 million telephones in the United States and Canada, less than one percent were used regularly by deaf people. If they didn’t ask their hearing neighbors for help, they depended ...
Controlling Our Destiny
A Board Member’s View of Deaf President Now
In March 1988, students at Gallaudet University led a successful protest to demand the selection of the university’s first deaf president. The Deaf President Now (DPN) movement was a watershed event ...
Elements of French Deaf Heritage
French Deaf culture is regarded as a major influence on the formation of other Deaf cultures around the world, notably American Deaf culture. In Elements of French Deaf Heritage, Ulf Hedberg and Harlan ...
Managing Their Own Affairs
The Australian Deaf Community in the 1920s and 1930s
Managing Their Own Affairs explores how Deaf organizations and institutions were forged in Australia during the early 20th century. During this period, deaf people challenged the authority of the dominant ...
Fighting in the Shadows
Untold Stories of Deaf People in the Civil War
This visually rich volume presents Harry G. Lang’s groundbreaking study of deaf people’s experiences in the Civil War. Based on meticulous archival research, Fighting in the Shadows reveals the stories ...
The Stories They Told Me
The Life of My Deaf Parents
In this heartfelt memoir, Maria Wallisfurth recounts the lives of her deaf parents in Germany from the turn of the twentieth century through World War II. Her mother, Maria Giefer, was born in 1897 and ...
In Our Own Hands
Essays in Deaf History, 1780–1970
This collection of new research examines the development of deaf people’s autonomy and citizenship discourses as they sought access to full citizenship rights in local and national settings. Covering ...
Telling Deaf Lives
Agents of Change
1st Edition
In July 2012, the 8th Deaf History International (DHI) Conference featured 27 presentations from members of Deaf communities around the world who related their own autobiographies as well as the biographies ...