Celebrating Women with Disabilities Making History

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:26:32 -0400

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. Today is also International Women's Day with the theme of Inspiring Inclusion, and even with disabilities have always been an essential part of history. Here are some women who have made history recently:

Stella Young, Comedian (who takes on how inspiration is a loaded word in the disability community)

Amanda Gorman, Poet Laureate

Shafiqah Hudson, Black Feminist Who Saw The Alt Right Coming

Lois Curtis, the artist behind the Olmstead decision

Judy Heumann, Mother of the Disability Rights Movement

Greta Thunberg Environmental Activist

Lydia X. Z. Brown Autistic Disability Rights Advocate

Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Justice

Dr. Sarai Pahla on women and Autism, toward a better understanding

Alice Wong, creator of the Disability Visibility Project

These two articles showcase some of these women trailblazers, with links for more in-depth information:

Disabled Women from History You Should Know About

Sarah Bernhardt

Adelaide Knight

Raganhild Kata

Rosa May Billinghurst

Annette Kellerman

Dorothea Lange

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

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!