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Agatha Tiegel Hanson : our places in the sun
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
- Summary
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"This biography presents the life and times of a seminal figure in Deaf cultural history, Agatha Tiegel Hanson (1873-1959)"--
Details
- Creator
- Kathy Jankowski
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2023]
- ©2023
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (388 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781954622159, 9781954622166, 1954622163
- OCLC
- on1391440121
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Intro -- Preface -- 1 Agatha's Pittsburgh Roots -- 2 Agatha's World Suddenly Changes -- 3 The Beginning of Coeducation at Gallaudet -- 4 College: To Be or Not to Be? -- 5 A New Era -- 6 The Two-Year Experiment: Success or Failure? -- 7 Life at the National College with Female Students -- 8 Time for Their Own -- 9 Permanence at Last -- 10 The Greatest Achievement: Graduation -- 11 Beyond the Female Trial -- 12 Agatha's Journey after Graduation -- 13 A Soul Mate for Life -- 14 Settling Down in Faribault -- 15 New Horizons Westward -- 16 On the Political Front -- 17 The Great OWLS Dispute
- 18 On the Homefront in Seattle -- 19 A Struggle Begins -- 20 The Grass Is Greener in the Midwest -- 21 Seattle, for Better or for Worse -- 22 A Difficult Journey -- 23 Moving on to New Pastures -- 24 Global and Family Matters Weigh -- 25 To the Hustle and Bustle of the East -- 26 . . . And Back to the West -- 27 A New Direction for the OWLS -- 28 The West Is Home -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index