[nfb-db] inspirational DB people past or present

[Janice Toothman]

I was thinking about the first DB person I knew of was Helen Keller. I 
had read her autobiography as a child. I had taught myself the manual 
alphabet and memorized the Braille alphabet from a Braille alphabet card 
even though I didn't know how to produces the Braille. I was inspired by 
her for several reasons. She was a woman living in a time when most 
women go to college let alone earn a degree. She did. She meet world 
leaders and traveled internationally. If we think of the problems 
associated with travel today just think late 1900 century and early 2000 
century. She did these things as a deaf-blind woman as a result of 
contracting rubella.
I still admire her courage.
Does anyone else have a DB person that has inspired or mentored them 
past or present that they would be willing to share with the list?
Janice