Far from home : memories of World War II and afterward /

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Annotation Wright continues her memoirs, describing her life as a Deaf, African American woman working in Washington, DC, during World War II, then raising a family in her hometown of Iron Mine, NC.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wright, Mary Herring, 1924-2018
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Wright, Mary Herring, > 1924-2018.
Wright, Mary Herring, > 1924-2018
Geschichte 1941-2004.
Deaf women > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
African American women > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Femmes sourdes > Washington (D.C.) > Biographies.
Noires américaines > Washington (D.C.) > Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
African American women
Deaf women
Gehörlosigkeit
Schwarze Frau
Washington (D.C.)
Washington, DC
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Autobiographie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Far from Home
  • 1 A Trip North
  • 2 The Start of My Big City Life
  • 3 A New Job
  • 4 Cute Boy on the Train
  • 5 A Place of My Own
  • 6 Happy with My Life
  • 7 Changing Times
  • 8 Home for the Holidays
  • 9 A Visit from Mama
  • 10 Terrible News
  • 11 Big Decision
  • 12 Back Home
  • 13 Together Again
  • 14 Victory at Last
  • 15 A New Beginning
  • 16 Hurricane Hazel
  • 17 Ups and Downs
  • 18 Holidays without Mama
  • 19 Cousin Bert
  • 20 So, the Winter Is Past and Gone
  • 21 Changes
  • 22 A New Time

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