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Tag Archives: Disability
1984: Try Again Jack
“Blind workers on strike; A guide dog leads employees of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and supporters in a picket at the organization’s offices on Bayview Ave.; south of Lawrence Ave. yesterday. They are members of Local 204 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980's, 20th Century, Animals, Canada, David Cooper, Disability, Dogs, Labor, Mammals, Photography, Strikes, Unions, Women
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1946: First They Came
Although this is one of the world’s most famous poems, there is no definitive version of it. Indeed, there is no clear evidence that its author, the Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller, ever put it into poetic form. Several variations exist, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Christianity, Disability, Fascism, Germany, Harold Marcuse, Holocaust, Judaism, Martin Niemöller, Museums, Poetry, Religion, Socialism & Communism, Unions, WWII
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1550: Le Petit Lorrain
Ambroise Paré’s designed this mechanical hand—which he named “Le Petit Lorrain” — in the 1550’s for a French Army captain. The thumb is stationary, but a mechanical lever operates the other fingers. This illustration is taken from a 1663 edition … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Ambroise Paré, Books, Disability, France, Hands, Printmaking, War
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1965: Freedom Highway
Spider Martin: Jim Letherer on the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march in 1965. Letherer was a civil rights activist from Saginaw, Michigan. He lost a leg to bone cancer as a boy, and it was his own experience growing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Books, Civil Rights, Democracy, Disability, Jim Letherer, Judaism, Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Spider Martin, USA, Voting Rights
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1918: Gassed
John Singer Sargent: Gassed (1919) (source)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Disability, John Singer Sargent, Painting, USA, WWI
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1920: Helen Keller Holding a Magnolia
When Helen Keller announced that she had become a socialist, “newspaper columnists who had praised her courage and intelligence before…now called attention to her disabilities.” The editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, for example, opined that her “mistakes sprung out of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Disability, Flowers, Helen Keller, Photography, Socialism & Communism, USA, Women
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