Celebrating Women with Disabilities Making History

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:09:15 -0500
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Accessibility and Disability Services and Student Disability Services celebrates Women's History Month, calling to mind all women who have contributed to pivotal moments and events in history and contemporary society. Women with disabilities have always been an essential part of history. These two articles showcase some of these women trailblazers, with links for more in-depth information:

Badass Disabled Women from History You Should Know About

Sarah Bernhardt

Adelaide Knight

Raganhild Kata

Rosa May Billinghurst

Annette Kellerman

Dorothea Lange

Badass Disabled Women of Color from History You Should Know About

Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman (Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Celebration link)

Eliza Suggs

Noor Inayat Khan

Fannie Lou Hamer

Wilma Mankiller

Some contemporary women with disabilities who are creating more change include:

Judy Heumann

Greta Thunberg

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Sonia Sotomayor

Dr. Sarai Pahla

Alice Wong

Take a moment, connect with the linked material, and learn more about these trail-blazers.

Disability-related resources at UMBC include:

Student Disability Services

Accessibility & Disability Services

Retriever Integrated Health

Report an Accessibility Concern via this link

Happy Women's History Month!