woman Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/woman/ 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 woman Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/woman/ 32 32 Everything You Need To Know About America’s Got Talent’s Deaf Semi-Finalist https://deafniche.com/everything-need-know-americas-got-talents-deaf-semi-finalist/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 01:47:06 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=10157 The America’s Got Talent Semi-Finalists for 2017 included 29-year-old singer and song writer Mandy Harvey, who is deaf and very talented. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and specializes in jazz and pop music. Born with hearing problems, Mandy Harvey started singing at a very young age. In high school, she was named the “Top […]

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]]> “Mother of Music in ASL” Passed Away-Remembering Shirley Childress https://deafniche.com/mother-music-asl-passed-away-remembering-shirley-childress/ https://deafniche.com/mother-music-asl-passed-away-remembering-shirley-childress/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2017 01:25:09 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9981 March 6, 2017-Shirley Childress passed away at the age of 69. Childress is best known for being the first black certified ASL interpreter and as one of the members in the band Sweet Honey in The Rock. Over the course of her career, she interpreted for famous people such as Maya Angelou (writer of I Know […]

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]]> https://deafniche.com/mother-music-asl-passed-away-remembering-shirley-childress/feed/ 2 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 Waupaca Woman Beats the Odds and Becomes the First Deaf Truck Driver in the State https://deafniche.com/waupaca-woman-beats-odds-becomes-first-deaf-truck-driver-state/ https://deafniche.com/waupaca-woman-beats-odds-becomes-first-deaf-truck-driver-state/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:44:04 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9499 A Waupaca woman made history by being the first woman and deaf person in the state to get a commercial driving license after an extra ordinary journey. The journey has been anything but easy. She had to put up with ten weeks of training at the Fox Valley Technical College and to top it off, […]

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]]> https://deafniche.com/waupaca-woman-beats-odds-becomes-first-deaf-truck-driver-state/feed/ 1 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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