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📅 On this day 76 years ago, history was made at Wrigley Field! The AAGPBL (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League) held their very first tryout, paving the way for women in sports. ⚾️🌟

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Today, the 11th day of Women's History Month, GUAA remembers Dorothy Chiyoko Sueoka Casterline, ’58 & H-’22, who passed away on August 8, 2023. Along with the late Carl Croneberg, ’55, Dot, as she was known, conducted much of the painstaking field research that led to the formal recognition of American Sign Language in the late 1950s and early 1960s. She and Mr. Croneberg were awarded honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees during Gallaudet’s 152nd Commencement in May 2022.

Dorothy Chiyoko Sueoka was born on April 27, 1928 to Toshiba and Toyiko Sueoka, in the city of Honolulu in the then- territory of Hawai’i. She began her education in the public school system. At age 14, she became deaf, possibly from mastoiditis. She then was educated orally at the Diamond Head School for the Deaf and Blind, which is now the Hawai’i School for the Deaf and Blind.

Up until the early 1950s, deaf people were not allowed to drive in Hawai’i. With the assistance of influential members of the National Association of the Deaf, Dot, while still a teenager, helped convince the Honolulu police department to remove this restriction.

After graduating from high school, Dot worked for three years, then enrolled at Gallaudet College, where she completed the requirements for her bachelor’s degree in English in three years. She was the first Native Hawai’ian student to receive a Gallaudet degree. As a student, she wrote for The Buff and Blue newspaper and was a member of the Delta Epsilon Sorority. During her senior year, she was the first and only student to be elected to the new, faculty-organized Phi Alpha Pi Honor Society established on campus the previous year.

During Dot’s senior year, noted linguist and Gallaudet English professor William C. Stokoe, H-’88, recruited her to collaborate with him in the first scientific study of deaf people using sign language. Stokoe valued her sharp eye for detail, which made her indispensable in transcribing signs. Little did Dot know at the time that she was taking part in a study that would eventually lead to nothing short of a renaissance in the history of the deaf community – the universal recognition that sign languages are true, natural, structured languages, not merely gestures, as most linguists believed up until this revolutionary study.

After Dot graduated, she joined the faculty of Gallaudet’s Department of English. She balanced her workload between teaching and working with Gallaudet’s new, grant-funded Linguistics Research Laboratory, meeting with her fellow researchers on Sundays. The result was the landmark 1965 publication, A Dictionary of American Sign Language on Linguistic Principles, compiled by Dr. Stokoe, Ms. Casterline, and Mr. Croneberg.

Another significant outgrowth of their efforts was the transformation, in 1971, of Gallaudet’s Linguistic Research Laboratory into an autonomous research facility. This in turn was the genesis of the world-renowned Department of Linguistics that was founded a decade later, training students to carry forward the mantle of sign language research.

Dot was known as a quiet observer who eschewed praise and attention, but it was clear to her coworkers that she was a brilliant, albeit unassuming, scholar who was able to utilize the technology she created, along with her strong organizational skills, to bring together all the multiple components to make the project whole.

In her spare time, Dot wrote and published poetry and short stories.

We owe Dot Casterline our eternal gratitude for her contributions to the field of American Sign Language linguistics.

Cecile Richards Is Living With Brain Cancer The former president of Planned Parenthood is still fighting for abortion access — even while living with brain cancer.

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Rep. Underwood has been endorsed by National NOW for years. She is a wonderful ally and shows up for us at events, rallies, conferences and so forth. Please consider joining her team.

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100 YEARS IN THE MAKING: Announcing the House Discharge Petition for HJ Res 25 Affirming the Validity of the Equal Rights Amendment The ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality joined Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Representative Madeleine Dean (D-PA), and…

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Sen. JD Vance & Marjorie Taylor Greene are trying to ban gender-affirming care at federal level Vance introduced a Senate companion bill to Greene's extreme anti-trans bill...

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Step off is at Noon in downtown Aurora! (Rain or shine!)

See you all there!

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Reimagining Gender Justice (ERA Centennial Convention) · Generation Ratify Welcome to ‘Reimagining Gender Justice,’ a series of five workshops coordinated by the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Project at Columbia Law School and Generation Ratify. This weekly workshop series will be held once a week on Wednesdays at 6 pm EDT/3 pm EDT starting June 7th, in the lead-up to t...

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Pride is and always will be protest. The 2023 Aurora Pride Parade can move forward.

🗣 Say no to censorship and #LetHerSpeak Sign the petition to fight back against Republicans' shameless transphobia and anti-trans agenda to block Rep. Zephyr's ability to speak out on behalf of her constituents.

Today we honor the enduring life and legacy of on what would have been his 93rd Birthday! In 1977 he made history as the first openly gay man to be elected to public office 🏳️‍🌈

In Illinois we are committed to ensuring all LGBTQ+ individuals can live lives free of discrimination & reach their full potential.

Betty Friedan (1921-2006) was a feminist leader and co-founder of the National Organization for Women. The Peoria native authored "The Feminine Mystique," widely credited as the book that launched the feminist movement.

This is the bakery that was targeted by right-wing extremists for hosting a drag brunch. This is just not fair.

UpRising Cafe may close at end of March 'unless there is a miracle,' owner says Unless "a miracle happens," UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills is set to close on March 31, owner Corinna Sac said.

We are the only 24/7 emergency shelter for domestic abuse survivors in DuPage County. We are in desperate need of laundry detergent, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, bedding and pillows. Please contact Domestic Violence Program Supervisor Debbie Galvez at (630) 784-4935 if you are able to donate. Thank you for your continued support of our clients and their families.

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