[stylist] International Women's Day

[Bill Outman]

Hi, Lynda.  

This message caught my attention with the reference to native American
culture.  I'll look at that article when I get a chance.  Do you have a
particular reason for interest in these peoples?  

This is on my mind now as I've been inspired to write an essay concerning
the similarities and differences of the native American and blind
experience.  

I'm preparing for a trip to Arizona this week with family to enjoy some
spring training baseball and do a little sightseeing for a few days.  I ran
across information on the Phoenix Indian School, a former residential school
that closed about twenty years ago which has been partially preserved as a
park.  It reminded me of my residential school experiences.  

In particular I remembered my first day on campus when I received my class
schedule and saw the abbreviation "Ind. Arts" and momentarily took it as
Indian Arts" and not "Industrial Arts" which was wood shop, metal shop,
cooking and electronics.  There went my thoughts of a very imaginative
cross-cultural approach to the education of people like us.  

That is the genesis of the reflection article I started.  

For the redcord I attended the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
from 1977 to 1982, from seventh grade to my junior year, and then graduated
from the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in 1983.  I attended FSDB as
a day student as I was living in St. Augustine, FL at the time where the
school is located.  I attended a regular public school in Illinois up
through sixth grade.  This was all with partial vision that allowed me to
read print with thick bifocals.  I lost my vision totally about seven months
after leaving FSDB.  

Bill Outman 


-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 2:25 PM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: [stylist] International Women's Day

Today is International Women's Day. 
In honor of this day, I submit the achievements of Native American Women of
distinction in the arts, politics, writing, law, and more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Native_American_women_of_the_United_Sta
tes

You can visit the above link and find notable American Women. In honor of
this day, I share the lives and achievements of these women today, and give
them the honor that they deserve.


Lynda Lambert
 
My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com



 
 
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