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{{B}}Sophia Fowler:{{/B}} Sophia Fowler was born deaf near Guilford, Connecticut, on March 20, 1798. At that time, there were no schools for the deaf in America. However, Sophia had a good mind. She used her intellect and learned many skills by watching the people around her. She learned to cook and sew, and became a modest, gay and charming young lady.
Sophia was nineteen years old when her parents learned that a school for the deaf had been founded in Hartford, Connecticut. She entered the school in 1817 and stayed there until the spring of 1821. While she was there, the principal of the school, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. Sophia did not hesitate, and married him in 1821. As Mrs. Gallaudet, she continued to charm the people she met. She was eager to learn from every social situation. Through her contact with the many visitors to her home, she was actually able to continue her education.
Mrs. Gallaudet served as matron of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf for nine years. This included two years as head of the department that taught many of the household skills that she had learned as a child, such as cooking and sewing. She retired only when her health began to fail. She died on May 13, 1877. Gallaudet has preserved her memory by naming Fowler Hall, which was originally a women's dormitory and is now part of the graduate school, in her honor.
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John Lewis Clarke:{{/B}} John Lewis Clarke was not born deaf. He became ill at a young age with scarlet fever. Though he survived, he could no longer hear the sounds that the forest animals made.
Because John could not talk, he could not tell his parents about his many animal friends in the forest and the exciting things that he saw, but he found another way to express himself. He made figures of them out of clay from the river banks. When John was old enough to go to school, his parents sent him to the Fort Shaw Indian School. However, since he needed special education, he was transferred to a school for the deaf at Boulder, Montana. He also attended the School for the Deaf at Devil's Lake, North Dakota. When he was older, he enrolled at St. Francis Academy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he studied wood carving.
While he was still in his teens, John returned to Montana and opened a studio. He began to carve all the animals he had known very well in his childhood, and offer them for sale. He painted pictures using water colors and oils, and did excellent pen and ink drawings. He began to make a name for himself as an artist.
John spent most of his 89 years at his home studio in Glacier Park. Many important people bought John's work. John's work was on exhibit in many places in this country. John died on November 20, 1970.
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William E. Hoy:{{/B}} William E. Hoy was born in Houckstown, Ohio, on May 23, 1862. He became deaf when he was two years old. He attended the Columbus Ohio School for the Deaf. After graduation, he started playing semi-pro baseball while working as a shoemaker.
Hoy began playing professional baseball in 1886 for Oshkosh (Wisconsin) of the Northwestern League. In 1888, he started as an outfielder with the old Washington Senators. His small stature and speed made him an outstanding base runner. He was very good at stealing bases during his career. In the 1888 major league season, he stole 82 bases. He was also the Senators' leading hitter in 1888. Hoy was ambidextrous; he threw right-handed and batted left-handed. On June 19, 1889, he threw out three batters at the plate from his outfield position.
For many years, people talked about Hoy's last ball game in 1903. He was playing for Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast Winter League. It was a memorable game because Hoy made a spectacular play which won the game. It was a very foggy night and, therefore, very hard to see the ball. In the ninth inning, with two men out, Hoy managed to catch a fly ball to make the third out in spite of the fog. Los Angeles defeated their opposition and won the pennant for the year.
After he retired, Hoy stayed busy. He ran a dairy farm near Cincinnati for 20 years. On December 15, 1961, William Hoy died at the age of 99.
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Juliette Gordon Low:{{/B}} Most people do not know that Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts of America, was deaf. She began to lose her hearing when she was 17, and became almost totally deaf in her adulthood.
Juliette married William Mackay Low and they went to England to live. Juliette became interested in the Girl Guides Association there. She observed their meetings and was very impressed because the girls acquired many useful skills. Juliette thought that girls everywhere should have this opportunity, so she organized several Girl Guides troops in both England and Scotland.
When Juliette came back to America for a visit, she started the first Girl Guides troop in the country in her home town, Savannah. By the time she went back to England six months later, there were six Girl Guide troops in Savannah.
In 1913, the Girl Guides changed its name to the Girl Scouts. The first national Girl Scout convention was held in Washington, DC, on June 10, 1915. Juliette died in Savannah on January 17, 1927. Thanks to her, there are now Girl Scouts all over the world.
·He/she became deaf, went to school, worked as a shoemaker, then played professional baseball? 71. ______
·He/She started having trouble with his/her hearing when he/she was 17 years old? 72. ______
·He/She continued his/her education after he/she finished school by meeting and interacting with people? 73. ______
·His/Her hearing went because of scarlet fever? 74. ______
·He/She used determination and persistence to start Girl Scout troops all over the world?
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·He/She attended four different schools during the course of his/her education? 76. ______
·He/She studied at the school for the deaf in Harford, Connecticut? 77. ______
·He/She served as matron of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf for nine years? 78. ______
·He/She was a skilled player who had a great impact on tile game of baseball? 79. ______
·He/She was born deaf? 80. ______