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First school to open its doors to Deaf students
The first school to teach Deaf students was opened in Hartford Connecticut. -
Life beyond high school for Deaf students
Gallaudet University (formerly known as the Columbia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb) was founded -
Kansas School for the Deaf
The Kansas School for the Deaf was founded -
Abraham Lincoln makes Gallaudet official
Abraham Lincoln signed an Act into Congress making Gallaudet (re-named The National Deaf Mute College) and official university and the ability to awards college degrees -
First woman graduates from Gallaudet
Agatha Hanson not only is the first Deaf woman to graduate from Gallaudet, but she was also valivictorian -
First Deaf medical degree
Edwin Nies is the first Deaf person to graduate with a Doctoral of Dental Science degree. -
ASL is presented as a real language
Stoke researched and wrote about American Sign Language being lingustically its own language. -
NTID
The National Technical Institute of the Deaf was funded and established in Rochester, New York on the campus of RIT. -
Deaf President Now!
A protest from students at Gallaudet University started demanding they have a Deaf president for their university. -
First Deaf President at Gallaudet Univeristy
I King Jordan was appointed as the first Deaf president of a univsersity. -
Deaf Studies
Enough time and history has passed that Deaf Studies is now offered as a degree from Gallaudet University