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Union League of the Deaf

Union League of the Deaf. Union League of the Deaf. Union League of the Deaf, Inc., is a social club exclusively for deaf-mutes. It was founded in 1886 and has four hundred members. Union League of the Deaf.

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Union League of the Deaf

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  1. Union League of the Deaf

  2. Union League of the Deaf Union League of the Deaf, Inc., is a social club exclusively for deaf-mutes. It was founded in 1886 and has four hundred members.

  3. Union League of the Deaf The original name of and this club was the Deaf-Mutes' Union League. The Union League of the Deaf was established on January 3, 1886 by four graduates of the Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes (now the Lexington School for the Deaf). Because the term deaf-mutes was both offensive and inaccurate the name was changed.

  4. Union League of the Deaf On January 6, 1887, dues were established at 25 cents per month, with a 50 cents initiation fee and 15 cents admission to each meeting. An absence without reason demanded a fine of 25 cents. Originally the club only admitted male members of the Deaf society. In 1904, wives and lady friends of members formed a ladies' society and met in the club-rooms in the afternoons.

  5. Union League of the Deaf The membership grew to 500, with over 100 non-resident members. Membership, once restricted to men, now included women and ethnic-minority people. The club provided a place for social recreation: entertainment; fund-raising affairs; card and bingo games; captioned films; basketball and softball tournaments (Eastern Athletic Association of the Deaf).

  6. Union League of the Deaf The original founders were Adolf Pfeiffer, Charles A. Bothner, Samuel Frankenheim a prominant member of the Jewish community, and Joseph Yankauer. Creative Communication

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