Marie Pauline Larrouy (1834-1919). She was a student and instructor in the school for the deaf in Bordeaux, then founder and director of the school for the deaf in Oloron-Sainte-Marie. Marie was also the first deaf woman to be awarded the Academic Palms.
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences
Elements of French Deaf Heritage
French Deaf culture is regarded as a major influence on the formation of other Deaf cultures around the world, notably American Deaf culture. In Elements of French Deaf Heritage, Ulf Hedberg and Harlan Lane document the development of Deaf culture in France by way of Deaf schools, Deaf associations, private and professional networks, publishing, and the arts. This highly visual work captures these forces from the late 18th century through the end of the 19th century, when cultural formation began to shift to cultural maintenance. Encyclopedic in scope, this examination of the evolution of Deaf ethnicity in France aims to disseminate an extensive amount of archival information, now available for the first time in the English language.
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