Helen Keller To Rosa Parks: Six Women Who Shaped The World For Womenâs History Month
Florence Nightingale (1820 â 1910)
Continuing with the theme of healthcare, by far the most well-known female influence is that of Florence Nightingale, who became the face of modern nursing in Britain during the Victorian era. Like Seacole, Nightingale rose to prominence in the Crimean War, when she was known as âthe lady with the lampâ, caring for wounded soldiers at night.
However, it was following her efforts in the war that she became a pioneer for modern nursing by setting up her very own nursing school â the first secular nursing school in the world â at St Thomasâs Hospital in London.
How old were you when you found out that there’s a conspiracy theory about Helen Keller circulating on TikTok? For many olds, this terrible news hit them this week, when Twitter user @jamie2181 shared a TikTok video made by a middle school history teacher, who recorded himself talking to his students off camera. In it, you can hear a student saying: “Helen Keller is the Nazi guy. … She’s a terrorist. … Helen Keller was the blind and deaf person who was fake, she didn’t exist, but everyone believes she was deaf and blind.” The revelation that Kids Today “don’t know” enough about history is one that’s been had by generations of Americans, and part of the popularity of this teacher video is just about that they’ve never heard of D-Day either! (Or so the students
At some point as we age, eyeglasses or contacts lay waiting. According to the American Optometric Association, “problems seeing clearly at close distances, especially when reading and working on the computer, is among the most…
VisionAware
February 19, 2021
Everyone knows Stevie Wonder and the late Ray Charles: exceptionally gifted, groundbreaking musicians who also happen to be both Black and blind. But many other Black Americans have shared their talents with the world – or are still doing so – often working to advance the field of blindness and create a more inclusive society.
The Black History Month 2021 theme is “Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity” and explores the African diaspora, and the spread of Black families across the United States.
Bringing Education to Black Children Who Are Blind
Not all of these Black Americans have been blind, but they have eased the way for those who are. One of these leaders is Dr. Laurence C. Jones, who founded the Piney Woods School in 1909, in a rural area just south of Jackson, Mississippi. This educator’s mission was to offer academic and vocational agricultural schooling for Black children and grandchildren of