Deaf Women of Achievement

Deaf Women of Achievement--an award to be given to one Deaf or hard of hearing woman who contributed significantly to the Deaf community and Deaf women; 

The selection process and benefits for the Deaf Women of Achievement award are as follows:

Nominating criteria :

• the nominated party must be a Deaf or hard of hearing woman

• anyone may submit a nomination, no more than two pages (100 words or more) about the nominee, including a complete accomplishment history with educational, employment and volunteer background

• there is no limit on the number of times a Deaf woman may be nominated

• the DWU Board will select one recipient prior to each biennial conference

• announcement of a selected Deaf woman will be made at every DWU conference

Benefits : 

Two years of DWU membership, with all the benefits of a regular member-registration fee waived at the next DWU conference, a 8" X 10" engraved plaque for the recipient, paper copy of the plaque for the archives, and to be displayed at the biennial conferences., A 5" X 7" picture with the recipients complete accomplishment history to also be included in archives and to be displayed at the biennial conferences.

Don't hesitate to give recognition to that special Deaf or hard of hearing woman! Just fill out the nomination form and send it off TODAY!

Nomination form

NOTE: The nomination form is in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. If you do not already have this reader installed, you can download the most current Acrobat Reader free from Adobe Systems Inc.

Past Recipients:

1999: Marie Philip
2001: Mabs Holcomb
2003: Sharon Kay Wood
2005: Gertrude Galloway
2007: Vicki Hurwitz