He also helped Wilhelmina Tredennick to set up the Adult Deaf and Dumb Mission to ‘assist the deaf and dumb find employment’ and ‘raise the standard of life and character among them, to counsel and advise them in difficulties, to protect them from injustice and wrong’ (Caul 2006, 19). He helped found the British Deaf Association, an organisation that still exists today. Maginn was a missionary, a man of vision and ambition, and a tireless campaigner for the rights of deaf people. He was a close friend of American educator Edward Miner Gallaudet, whom he met while a student at Gallaudet University, the world’s only university for deaf students. From being a teacher of deaf children at the Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, London, he became a political advocate and champion of the rights of deaf people. No one enjoyed such prominence, status and acclaim in the deaf world of the time. (Gallaudet University Archive)įrancis Maginn was the foremost pioneer of the deaf community in Ireland and Britain during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Francis Maginn was a student there and became a close friend. Kern Professorship and the Department of History.Above: Edward Miner Gallaudet, president of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind in Washington DC from 1864 (known as Gallaudet College from 1894), the world’s only university for deaf students. RIT sources of funding for the project include the College of Liberal Arts, College of Art and Design, MAGIC Spell Studios, Division of Diversity and Inclusion, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, digital humanities and social sciences program, School of Individualized Study, School of Communication, the William A. I think she would say, ‘You don’t need to do this, don’t bring attention to me.’ But I think deep down she would appreciate it.” She was the backbone of the Douglass family and needs some attention. She is described as quiet and private and ran the house as her husband traveled out of town, meeting with dignitaries and years later, consulted President Abraham Lincoln who abolished slavery.ĭunwoody said there are only two pictures of Murray Douglass he could use as reference, “and there’s not much written about her either. Murray Douglass was married for 44 years. “It’s made of cast resin, she can hold up to the elements, so she’s good,” he said. Rochester’s School 12, at 999 South Ave., was named after Murray Douglass in 2018, but there are very few known images of her and no other known statues or other art depictions of her, said Hinda Mandell, an associate professor at RIT’s School of Communication, who was also instrumental in having a historic marker erected at the site in 2018.ĭunwoody said the piece is life-sized and shows Murray Douglass seated. “I hope this installation inspires more investigation about one of our most famous activist residents.” “One of Rochester’s greatest assets is its rich history related to the pursuit of freedom and justice,” Dunwoody said. The art installation depicting Anna Murray Douglass was unveiled Nov.
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