ederle Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/ederle/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png ederle Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/ederle/ 32 32 Top 10 Deaf Women in History You Need to Know About For International Women’s Day https://deafniche.com/top-deaf-women-in-history-you-need-to-know-about-for-international-womens-day/ https://deafniche.com/top-deaf-women-in-history-you-need-to-know-about-for-international-womens-day/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2017 03:49:21 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9947 History textbooks used in American schools tend to be focused on hearing male history, which is why International Women’s Day and Deaf History Month were established, so we don’t forget the incredible individuals who made history as well! This list is focused on Deaf women who made history-see if you know about half of them. […]

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]]> https://deafniche.com/top-deaf-women-in-history-you-need-to-know-about-for-international-womens-day/feed/ 3 Did you know the first woman to swim the English Channel, Gertrude Ederle, was deaf? https://deafniche.com/gertrudeederle/ Sat, 26 Mar 2016 02:43:56 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9022 Ederle broke 10 world records in 1926 Gertrude Ederle was the daughter of German immigrants and she was deaf from childhood due to measles. This didn’t stop her from swimming competitively! When she was only twelve years old, she set the world record for the 880 meter freestyle! After that, she participated in many competitions […]

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