Nancy Rourke Paintings — Deaf History: Honor Thy Deaf History

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Honor Thy Deaf History 30 inch by 40 inch oil on stretched canvas click on image. SOLD
Description about the painting: This is the painting about Deaf History that goes back from the timeline of year 1620 to 2005.
Paddy Ladd 2005. Twelveth of 12 Portraits. Paddy Ladd coined the word "Deafhood". He wrote the book called "Understanding Deaf Culture - In Search of Deafhood"	Tom Humphries 1975. Eleventh of 12 Portraits. Tom Humphries coined the word 'Audism'.	William C. Stokoe 1965. Tenth of 12 Portraits. William Stokoe said American Sign Language is a language. He was the founder of the linguistic study of the sign languages of the Deaf.	George Veditz 1913. Nineth of 12 Portraits. George Veditz who did a film on Preservation of Sign Language presentation from the NAD Motion Picture Project. His 1913 film has been selected for the Library of Congress 2010 National Film Registry.
Agatha Tiegel Hanson 1893. Eighth of 12 Portraits. Agatha Tiegel Hanson was the first Deaf woman to graduate from Gallaudet College with a four year degree. At the graduation commencement in 1893, she was a Valedictorian. She delivered her address, "The Intellect of Women", a very powerful presentation.	Edward Miner Gallaudet 1865. Seventh of 12 Portraits. Edward Miner Gallaudet is the son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Edward Miner became the first President of Gallaudet University in 1865.	Albert Newsam 1854 Sixth of 12 Portraits. Albert Newsam is a famous Deaf artist who designed the Gallaudet Monument.	Laurent Clerc 1816. Fifth of 12 Portraits. Laurent Clerc was 28 when leaving France for America on the Mary Augusta ship with Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet on June 18, 1816 and arriving in Hartford, Connecticut on August 22, 1816.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet 1816. Fourth of 12 Portraits. Gallaudet went on the ship named Mary-Augusta on the 18th of June 1816 with Laurent Clerc, on a journey to America.	Jean Baptiste Massieu 1815. Third of 12 Portraits. Massieu was one of the pioneer Deaf teachers. He was born Deaf, and came from a Deaf family. He had five Deaf siblings. He taught at the Institution Nationale des sourds-muets de Paris where Laurent Clerc was one of his students. His famous quote, 'Gratitude is the memory of the heart.'	Abbe Charles de L’Epee 1760 Second of 12 Portraits from Paris, France. L'Epee was a French pioneer teacher for the Deaf. He opened the first public school for the Deaf in France and the school was called the , “Institution Nationale des sourds-muets de Paris."	Juan Pablo Martin Bonet 1620 First of 12 Portraits Juan Pablo Martin Bonet from Spain 1620. Bonet was the first to publish a sign language book for the Deaf. The Deaf students were taught to read, write, and use the one-handed manual alphabet system.

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