Beyond Jericho: growing up blind & resilient : the story of Isabel Beveridge
Biographies, Personnes aveugles ou ayant une vision partielle (biographies), Femmes (biographies), Canadiens (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
Raised in a village far from professional help during the Great Depression, Isabel Beveridge attended a distant residential school for deaf and blind children, and went on to become the first blind graduate of the University of British Columbia. She… overcame many difficulties and challenges in her search for higher education and meaningful work in a competitive market, and was eventually awarded a place in the Alumni Hall of Fame of Columbia University in New York in recognition of her groundbreaking achievements as well as her lifetime of service to blind and visually impaired people. 2003.