ASL 1 Famous Deaf People Midterm PDF

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Famous Deaf People **Midterm ● Juliette Gordon Lowe ○ Founder of Girl Scouts of USA ○ Supported the cause of women worldwide ○ Allegedly because deaf due to rice lodged in ear from wedding ○ Married Willy Low, moved to England ○ Met Lord Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts in England ● Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) ○ Famous German composer and pianist ○ Fueled transition from classical to romantic style of music ○ Became progressively deaf from age 28, contemplated suicide ○ Many feel his deafness fueled his later works (The Heiligenstadt Testament) ■ Themes of struggle and triumph ● Thomas Alva Edison ( 1847-1931) ○ Inventor of light bulb, phonograph as well as thousands of others ○ Invented first industrial research laboratory ○ Entrepreneur, inventor, and hero from young age ○ Became deaf due to boxing of the ears by train conductor when he had no ticket ● Helen Keller (1880-1968) ○ Born hearing, became deaf and blind at age 19 months from scarlet fever or meningitis ○ Introduced to Annie Sullivan at age 6 ○ Graduated from Radcliffe College, first deaf/blind person to earn a BA degree

○ Wrote many articles and books ○ Lectured around the world for peace and understanding. ● Erastus “Deaf” Smith (1787-1837) ○ Mexican American War Hero ○ Grew up learning to hunt, track and farm ○ Aided General Sam Houston by working in Mexican army camp, had mexican wife ○ Was the first to reach the Alamo after its fall ○ Was one of two who tracked General Santa Ana when he escaped from the Texas ○ Shares a portrait with Houston in the Deaf Smith County Courthouse ●...