The purpose of Deaf Awareness Week is to increase public awareness of deaf issues, people, and culture. Activities and events throughout Deaf Awareness Week encourage individuals to come together as a community for both educational events and celebrations. Gertrude Galloway Gertrude Galloway was foremost a womens rights advocate, and her accomplishments confirm her determination and resolution to prove to the deaf community womens equality to men. Galloway grew up near Kendall Green, attended the Kendall School, and enrolled at Gallaudet at age 15. After graduating from Gallaudet, Galloway went on to become a trailblazing leader in the deaf community. She was the first female president of the NAD (1980-1982), the first deaf superintendent of MKSD in New Jersey, known as the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf (1990-1999), the first female president of CEASD, known as the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (1994-1996), and the first female president of Deaf Seniors of America (1999-2005). https://youtube/watch?v=XLUUjB__KyY
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