{"id":64001,"date":"2021-01-26T03:20:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T07:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=64001"},"modified":"2021-01-25T17:35:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T21:35:06","slug":"disability-history-scholar-to-spotlight-critical-contributions-of-deaf-ohioans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_26_2021\/disability-history-scholar-to-spotlight-critical-contributions-of-deaf-ohioans","title":{"rendered":"Disability History Scholar to Spotlight Critical Contributions of Deaf Ohioans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohioans who are deaf actively participated in, and sometimes led, national deaf activism and deaf culture throughout the 19th and 20th\u00a0centuries, said Dr. Kim Nielsen, Helen Keller expert and UToledo professor of disability studies, history and women\u2019s and gender studies.<\/p>\n

Nielsen will highlight the rich history of these Ohio advocates during a virtual event hosted by the Ohio History Connection, formerly the Ohio Historical Society, from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Kim Nielsen, UToledo professor of disability studies, history and women\u2019s and gender studies, will highlight the history of prominent deaf Ohioans in an upcoming virtual event hosted by the Ohio History Connection.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIn sports, employment and education, Ohio\u2019s deaf citizens shaped their world and that of the U.S.,\u201d Nielsen said. \u201cThis talk will include information about Akron\u2019s \u2018Silent Colony\u2019 and its important role in providing wartime supplies during World War I and World War II, baseball legend William \u2018Dummy\u2019 Hoy, educator and civic volunteer Ella Showalter and racial activist and deaf leader Charles V. Williams.\u201d<\/p>\n

Registration for \u201cDeaf Ohioans \u2013 20th Century Work, Sports and Politics\u201d is free for Ohio History Connection members and $5 for the public. Registration information is available on the nonprofit organization\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This event will utilize auto-generated captions and faculty-supervised student ASL interpreters provided by Columbus State Community College\u2019s Interpretive Language Program.<\/p>\n

Nielsen is an editor and contributor to \u201cThe Oxford Handbook of Disability History,\u201d published by Oxford University Press in 2018. Nielsen\u2019s book \u201cA Disability History of the United States\u201d was published by Beacon Press in 2012.<\/p>\n

She has written several books about Helen Keller, including \u201cBeyond the Miracle Worker: The Remarkable Life of Anne Sullivan Macy and Her Extraordinary Friendship with Helen Keller,\u201d published by Beacon Press in 2009; \u201cHelen Keller: Selected Writings,\u201d published by New York University Press in 2005; and \u201cThe Radical Lives of Helen Keller,\u201d published by New York University Press in 2004. Her latest book, \u201cMoney Marriage and Madness: The Life of Anna Ott,\u201d was released by the University of Illinois Press in 2020.<\/p>\n

The Ohio History Connection carries out history services for Ohio and its residents focused on preserving and sharing the state\u2019s history. This includes housing the state historic preservation office, the official state archives, local history office and managing more than 50 sites and museums across Ohio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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