This book celebrates both the contribution of Guiding to the lives of many Deaf girls and young women, and the contribution of those girls and young women to the Guide Movement. Deaf girls and those who shared activities with them were "in at the beginning". The book is richly illustrated with photographs contributed by many Deaf people with the earliest dating from 1911. It ends with the influence of mainstreaming in 1985. One section pays tribute to the Friend to the Deaf Badge, which, perhaps, did more than anything else, during those years, to introduce youngsters to fingerspelling, and the communication needs of Deaf and Deafblind people. The author writes with personal knowledge of both the fun and the challenges of "playing the game that is Guiding". The book forms a record of an important part of Deaf feminine history .
Paperback 66 pages 2005 |
