Deaf History Month Spotlight: Alice Lougee Hagemeyer

Written by Sophia Catalano, Blogging Coordinator 

April is Deaf History Month and the SJSU ALASC would like to highlight a very special and important figure in the Deaf and library communities: Alice Lougee Hagemeyer. While not born deaf, Alice would go on to become an activist for the Deaf community, an advocate for deaf people in libraries, and a champion for federal funding to be granted for services for the deaf in public libraries. 

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