Word List: Deaf Women – ASL Sentences to Celebrate Their Impact

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  • Nellie Zabel Willhite was the world's first licensed deaf pilot.
  • Marlee Matlin is a famous Deaf Actress. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her role in the movie Children of a Lesser God.
  • Phyllis Frelich was a deaf actress and famous for winning the 1980 Best Actress Tony Award for the play
  • Heather Whitestone was the first deaf person to be crowned as Miss America in 1995.
  • Ashley Fiolek is a Deaf Motocross Racer. She started motorcycling when she was three years old. She won four Women's Motocross Championships in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012. She is now retired.
  • Linda Bove is a deaf actress. She played the role of Linda the librarian on Sesame Street for 31 years.
  • Christy Smith was the first deaf contestant to appear on the reality TV show Survivor.
  • Helen Keller was a famous deaf-blind woman. She was an author, lecturer, and activist.
  • Betty G. Miller was the first deaf woman to graduate from Gallaudet University with a PhD degree in art. She was a famous artist who focused on the deaf perspective.
  • Shelley Beattie was a deaf professional weightlifter who became famous after being on the TV show American Gladiators.
  • Alice Hagemeyer was a deaf librarian and active leader that established Deaf Awareness Week and Deaf History Month.
  • Ella Mae Lentz is a Deaf American teacher, poet, advocate, and author.
  • Mandy Harvey became deaf at the age of 18. Interestingly enough, she was a singer on the television show
  • Kitty O'Neil was a well-known deaf stuntwoman and race car driver.
  • Did you see the movie about the life of Kitty O’Neil, a deaf stuntwoman and racer?
  • Juliette Gordon Low was sick often while growing up and lost her hearing in her right ear. On her wedding day, rice went into her left ear and when the doctor tried to take it out, he punctured her eardrum. Then she was deaf in both ears. She founded the Girl Scouts when she was 51 years old because she wanted girls to have the same opportunities as boys.

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