Lou Ann Walker Book Report

Nancy Rourke, the painter of Deaf Culture: Unity of Global Signing, was born deaf and grew up in a world of oralism (Northen, Spindel). Oralism is when someone teaches a deaf person how to read lips and talk instead of teaching them to sign (Oralism). Rourke’s parents did not know she was deaf until she was about six years old but quit in 1986 to become a graphic designer. Twenty years later she was laid off and decided to begin painting again and took a couple of workshops to help prepare for the transition in her life. Her life transition did not begin until 2010 when she became involved in

Maggie Lena Walker (Draper) was born to Elizabeth Draper & Eccles Cuthbert on July 15, 1867 in Richmond, Virginia. Born a daughter of a former slave. When Maggie was younger she used to always help her mother run a laundry in Virginia. Maggie was put in a wheelchair soon after she died from complications of her diabetic condition .She died December 15, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia.

In the book written by Warren St. John, Outcast United. It talks about a woman named Luma al-Mufleh and a group of boys who wanted to play soccer. Luma is a woman who seems fearless and strong at all times. She has had hard times, but she persevered and went through them head on. Luma also stood for what she believed in and didn’t back down.

Throughout the book she provided memories and stories throughout out her time living in Cajun culture. When she got older she went to the Louisiana School for the Deaf at the age of six. It was here that Fischer learned to communicate by sign, she could have more of a normal life. Into her Adult years she left her Cajun roots behind to go to Washington D.C. She left her Cajun roots behind because she felt like it was holding

During the 1800’s and 1900’s segregation was still going on and growing stronger over the year. Most African Americans were either working on plantations or working for others just to bet by and take care of their children. Sarah Breedlove McWilliams “Madam C.J. Walker” was born into a single parent household and ultimately lived a life of struggle but, still managed to become very successful in adulthood. Madam C.J. Walker is my Time’s Person of the Year because she changed African American hair forever, was the first black millionaire, and a global symbol to many American hair products and life.

She was only hours away from death when she received the medicine that saved her life. After she became deaf, her mother was determined for her daughter to learn to speak and enrolled Heather in dance

Mary Edwards Walker accomplished a variety of amusing and intelligent things during her lifetime. She first enrolled in the Syracuse College of Medicine. Although her father was the one encouraging these medical desires, Mary thrived in this specific school system. In the year of 1855 Mary graduated with a Doctorate degree in medicine. Her enthusiasm continued, along with the development of the rest of her life.

The novel Alandra’s Lilacs, by Tressa Bowers, tells the story of a Deaf woman, Alandra, and her mother Tressa. The story begins before Alandra was born and tells Tressa’s narative up to Alandra’s adulthood. Throughout the book, the reader sees the challenges that come with having a deaf child. We see both the achievements and setbacks faced by Alandra and her mother. Although being deaf may seem like a misfortune to most, Tressa reveals her experiences with Deaf culture and seeing deafness in a new light.

Imagine growing up on a cotton plantation to former slaves in Delta, becoming an “orphan at the age of 7, becoming a wife at the age of 14, a mother at 17 and a widow at 20?” This all describes the early life of Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C.J Walker. “She supported her family by washing laundry and she used her earning as a laundress to pay for her daughter’s education at Knoxville College” .In 1889, Madam C.J Walker moved to St. Louis in search of a better future.

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche articulated: “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” Undoubtedly, this was a credo by which Sarah Breedlove, aka, Madam C.J. Walker lived her life. Madam Walker was born into a poverty stricken life which was all too familiar to African-American families in the later part of the 1800s. But the tragedies she encountered throughout her life never defeated her determination to succeed; in fact, those tragedies might have been the catalyst which catapulted her to become the first African-American female millionaire.

Madam C.J. Walker African American tennis player Serena Williams once stated, “Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.” In life, there are times where everyone struggles and fails, but the only thing to do is to stay on top and work through. Madam C.J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867, on a plantation in Delta, Louisiana. (Madame C. J. Walker. 2022) She was one of six children of Owen and Minerva Anderson Breedlove, former slaves-turned sharecroppers after the Civil War.

The story of Lynn Spradley’s journey is for every parent who believes that their child isn’t normal. I learned a great deal about what it truly means to be deaf from this book. Reading this story brought out much emotion as the story progressed. Lynn’s parents Tom and Louise reaction of every parent’s worst thought when having a child. Everyone believes that there child is going to be healthy and fully functioning ready to be a part of the world.

The most noticeable way that Addison displays her appeal to emotions is by telling the audience stories of her own personal experiences with college. Addison does not draw out multiple, unnecessary stories in order to make her point, but rather briefly tells the audience about her college experience in such a way that the readers both see her as a trustworthy figure and read objectively. By describing her own personal experiences, the audience begins to relate closer to Addison as a person, which establishes a connection and contributes to her emotional appeal. When telling her own personal accounts, Addison focuses her story on her time at community college; explaining how the “College Experience” can be achieved as easily there as at a university. Addison also talks about the philosophical aspect of the college experience (Addison 686).

Unfortunately, the assistance from Helen’s mother has not improved Helen’s reading or grades. While DeClements demonstrates Helen’s mother as the dominant figure of the family and against special education for Helen due to her above-average intelligence, Helen’s father is portrayed in a passive manner. Therefore he acquiesces to his

June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia Alabama, a healthy baby girl, with the name Helen Adams Keller, was born into the world. But at nine-teen months Helen had been suffering with an unknown illness, that left her both blind and deaf. After that all the way till Helen was six she was a very angry child because she wanted to find a way to express her other feelings, yet didn’t know how. She kicked, screamed, and became a very wild and an unruly child. Until a couple months after turning six, Helen’s father and mother connected with Alexander Graham Bell, who contacted Ann sullivan.