Famous Deaf Persons ASL 101 – Flashcards
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She was influential to the deaf community because she broke through educational barrior and fought for the proper education of deaf students.
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Why is Marie Jean Philip famous in the educational setting?
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She was the oldest of three children with two younger sisters.
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Where did she attend school and what was her ranking in her family?
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When she was 16 years old she was a freshman at Gallaudet.
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How old was she when she enrolled Gallaudet University?
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During her junior year of college she applied and went to Oberlin College as exchange student. Oberlin College was an all hearing school where she had no interpreters. This was the first time she was immersed in the hearing world.
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What did Marie Jean do during her junior year and why were people shocked to learn about her educational choice?
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At her new school there were no interpreters but some of the friends she made went on to learn ASL and work with the deaf.
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What happened with her sign language interpreter at a new school?
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She became a research assistant at Northeastern University, with a focus on ASL.
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What did she do in 1974?
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It became the first public school in the country to formally recognize ASL as the language of instruction.
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What is so important to understand The Learning Center for Deaf Children?
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Helped establish a law in 1986 to help meet the needs for deaf students in the state.
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What did she do with ASL in her state of Massachusetts?
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1997; Suddenly
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What year did she die? What were the circumstances?
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In 2001 the name was changed to Marie jean Phillip School.
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Did The Learning Center for Deaf Children change its name? What was the new name?
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She broke the ground for bilingual education and provided better education for deaf students.
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What did Marie Jean do with the education for the Deaf Children and how did it improve?
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She was a deaf scientific illustrator.
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WHAT IS REGINA MOST REMEMBERED FOR?
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She was born in 1895 in Herman, Nebraska.
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WHERE AND WHEN WAS SHE BORN?
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As a child she enjoyed drawing flowers.
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WHAT WAS HER FAVORITE PASTIME AS A CHILD?
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She would have rather bought flower seeds with her ice cream money.
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WHY DIDN'T SHE LIKE ICE CREAM?
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She was 14 when she became deaf.
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HOW OLD WAS REGINA WHEN SHE BECAME DEAF?
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She got her BA in 1918 and her MA in 1920
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WHEN DID SHE GET HER BA AND MA DEGREES?
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She married Dr. Fredrick Hughes in 1923.
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WHO DID REGINA MARRIED?
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In Washington DC, she worked as a translator for the State Department.
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WHAT KIND OF JOB DID REGINA HOLD IN WASHINGTON, DC?
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she was the only deaf artist to have a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution.
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WHERE WERE REGINA'S DRAWINGS HELD AT?
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Before she died, she received her honorary doctorate from Gallaudet. Not only so but she had a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian. Two plant species, Billbergia reginae and Hughesia regae, were named in her honor.
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WHAT DID REGINA DO BEFORE SHE DIED AND WHEN DID SHE DIED AT WHAT AGE?
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June 27th 1925 in Birmingham Alabama
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When and where was Andrew Foster born?
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Alabama School for the colored Deaf in Talladega
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Where did Andrew Foster attend school?
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After moving to Chicago he graduated from high school in 1951. Upon graduating high school he decided to pursue a college education. He was the first black person to be admitted to Gallaudet University and graduated in 1954.
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When did Andrew Foster graduate from high school? Where did he go to college?
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After graduating he had a heart for the deaf children of Africa and decided to raise funds to establish schools
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What did Andrew Foster do after he graduated?
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plane crash in Rwanda in 1987 at the age of 62
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When and how did Andrew Foster die? How old was he?
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First colored deaf student
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Why is Andrew Foster famous at Gallaudet?
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30 schools in Congo, Benen, Nigeria, Kenya Rwanda
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How many and where did he establish schools for the deaf in Africa when he first arrived?
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He is called the Michelangelo of the west.
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What was Douglas Tilden known for the American West?
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He was born in Chico, California in 1860.
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Where and when was Douglas Tilden born?
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his parents had five children and he was the second.
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How many children did Douglas' parents have and where was Douglas?
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He became death after surviving scarlet fever at the age of four.
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How old was Douglas Tilden when he lost his hearing and what caused his hearing loss?
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He attended California school for the Deaf in Berkeley.
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Where did Douglas Tilden go to school?
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After graduating, he decided to stay and teach.
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What did Douglas Tilden do after he graduated from school?
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He went to visit his brother and was amazed at the work he did as a sculptor.
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What changed Douglas Tilden's interest in his life?
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He decided that traveling to Europe would enhance his artistic career
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Where did Douglas Tilden go after he became interested with his new field?
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He was mentored by Paul Choppin and James Dual Phelan.
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Who were Douglas Tilden's mentors? (more than one)
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He was in Europe for eight years before he returned to California.
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How long was Douglas Tilden gone for and where did he go when he returned?
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he studied his own language and made lasting contributions to ASL Poetry and Linguistics. He became interested after an encounter with a boy who told him a number poem.
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What was Clayton Valli's inspiration in American Sign Language and what made him famous?
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He was born in Massachusetts and attended Austine School for the Deaf in Vermont.
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Where was Clayton born and educated?
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he went to University of Nevada where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1978. He went on to get a Masters in Linguistics from Gallaudet in 1985. Lastly he studied to get his Ph.D in ASL poetry , in 1993, from Union Institute in Ohio.
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Name three different universities that Clayton attended and what degrees did he received?
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He engrossed features and patterns of poetic ASL to express different messages. He motivated the recognition of ASL poetry as its own genre after studying the rhyme, rhythm, and meter of ASL poems.
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What methods did Clayton engross in ASL poetry?
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he spoke ASL and believed he could express anything with it. After seeing poetry from a deaf boy he began to study his own language in depth
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What reason did Valli become so intrigued in ASL poetry?
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He wrote and signed poems like "Dandelion", "Snowflake", and "Lone Sturdy Tree."
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Name the poetry Clayton wrote and signed
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He was the co-author of the books Linguistics of American Sign Language, Language contact in the ASL Community, and What's your sign for pizza. He also helped edit The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language.
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Name the books Clayton authored
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Before passing away in 2003,he taught at Gallaudet University.
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Where did Clayton teach before passing away?
