[Massachusetts-NFB] FW: Blind History Lady Wins Award

Mon Jul 10 11:13:45 UTC 2023

Congrats Peggy!! 

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Blind History Lady Wins Award 

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Hello Blind History Lady Fans!

I am so excited to let you know that I won the Jacob Bolotin award at the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind on July 6, in Houston Texas. The application for the award highlighted a new endeavor of mine. Just before COVID hit, I learned of the Harmon Foundation awards to blind men and women, black and white, successful and just getting by. The awards were given between 1928 and 1932. But I know little ese. There are boxes and boxes of records to go through This will take me a long time to process, but what a treasure of old records, I hope. 

Below is the press release sent out earlier today.

Thanks to all of you who read and share my stories.

Peggy Chong, The Blind History Lady

Local Blind Historian wins the Jacob Bolotin Award in Houston, Texas. 

July 8, 2023 (Aurora CO) Peggy Chong, aka The Blind History Lady won the Jacob Bolotin Award at the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind in Houston Texas on Thursday, July 6, 2023, to advance her research into the history of the blind of the United States. 

Chong who lives in Aurora, is well-known for her efforts to preserve the history of the blind of Colorado and led the effort to make that history available over the Colorado Virtual Library. She is beginning a new project to research and tell the history of an awards program through the Harmon Foundation from 1928-1932. The Bolotin Award that comes with a $5,000.00 check will help her travel to Washington D. C. next year to begin her research. 

Jessica Beecham, President of the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado said, “We are excited that Peggy Chong won this award to preserve our history. This is the second time she received this award for her work, the first was in 2018 when blind people were just beginning to realize we as a minority of blind people have a history.” 

“As a blind person, I never knew our history,” Beecham continued. I thought we as blind people were always the first to do or try anything. That is so lonely. But, through her research, I, and thousands more are learning that we have broad shoulders of our blind ancestors to stand on inspiring us to climb higher and reach farther.”

“This award means a lot to me,” Chong said. “It represents the validation by my peers that my work to uncover the lost history of our blind ancestors is important. Until recently, no one in Colorado knew we had a blind governor, Elias Ammons. I found his legacy with the blind of Colorado through my research and learned that although he had some vision, it was not enough to read or recognize people across the room. What a great history for blind Coloradans, and we in Colorado never heard that he too was blind. I look forward to uncovering new surprises in the Library of Congress archives, thanks to this award.” 

The Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards honor individuals and organizations that are a positive force in the lives of blind people. Each year the National Federation of the blind presents the awards at its annual convention. The Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards are funded by the National Federation of the Blind with assistance from the Alfred and Rosalind Perlman Trust, which was created by a bequest left to the Santa Barbara Foundation and the NFB by Dr. Jacob Bolotin’s niece-in-law, author Rosalind Perlman.

Dr. Jacob W. Bolotin (1888-1924) was the world’s first physician who was blind from birth. He achieved that goal despite the tremendous challenges faced by blind people in his time. Not only did he realize his own dream, but he also went on to support and inspire many others.

For more information, contact Peggy Chong at 303-745-0473 or email chongpeggy10 at gmail.com <mailto:chongpeggy10 at gmail.com> 

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