The Resource Haben : the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law, Haben Girma
Haben : the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law, Haben Girma
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- Summary
- Documents the story of the first deaf and blind graduate of Harvard Law School, tracing her refugee parents' harrowing experiences in the Eritrea-Ethiopian war and her development of innovations that enabled her remarkable achievements
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vi, 277 pages
- Contents
-
- Hello and welcome (introduction)
- The expeditions begin
- War, kings, and the journey to freedom
- Gender and a load of bull
- The girl with the keyboard
- When they took my father
- Dancing in enchanted hills
- Operation get my parents to say yes
- Water fights in the desert
- Adventures in the African night
- Guarding a secret from the village
- A lift out of the latrine
- The confidence question
- The chapter my parents shouldn't read
- Play like no one's watching
- A positive blindnessphilosophy
- I don't believe fairytales, except this one
- Society's beliefs volume personal experiences : the PB&J case
- Never ever run from a bear
- The little dog that makes earthquakes
- Love is following me up an iceberg
- Not your typical Harvard Law School story
- Kicking butt, legally speaking
- The White House ADA celebration
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781538728727
- Label
- Haben : the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law
- Title
- Haben
- Title remainder
- the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law
- Statement of responsibility
- Haben Girma
- Subject
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- trueEritrean people
- Lawyers with disabilities -- United States -- Biography
- truePeople who are blind and deaf
- trueRefugees
- trueWomen
- trueWomen lawyers
- Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography
- trueWomen who are blind and deaf
- trueWomen with disabilities
- Autobiographies
- trueCourage in women
- Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography
- trueDetermination
- trueDetermination (Personal quality)
- trueDisability rights advocates
- trueEritrean Americans
- Girma, Haben, 1988-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Documents the story of the first deaf and blind graduate of Harvard Law School, tracing her refugee parents' harrowing experiences in the Eritrea-Ethiopian war and her development of innovations that enabled her remarkable achievements
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10801343
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1988-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Girma, Haben
- Dewey number
-
- 340.092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- KF373.G567
- LC item number
- A3 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Girma, Haben
- Lawyers with disabilities
- Deafblind women
- Women lawyers
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law
- Label
- Haben : the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law, Haben Girma
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Hello and welcome (introduction) -- The expeditions begin -- War, kings, and the journey to freedom -- Gender and a load of bull -- The girl with the keyboard -- When they took my father -- Dancing in enchanted hills -- Operation get my parents to say yes -- Water fights in the desert -- Adventures in the African night -- Guarding a secret from the village -- A lift out of the latrine -- The confidence question -- The chapter my parents shouldn't read -- Play like no one's watching -- A positive blindnessphilosophy -- I don't believe fairytales, except this one -- Society's beliefs volume personal experiences : the PB&J case -- Never ever run from a bear -- The little dog that makes earthquakes -- Love is following me up an iceberg -- Not your typical Harvard Law School story -- Kicking butt, legally speaking -- The White House ADA celebration -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vi, 277 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538728727
- Lccn
- 2018050294
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
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- on1110105355
- (OCoLC)1110105355
- Label
- Haben : the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law, Haben Girma
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Hello and welcome (introduction) -- The expeditions begin -- War, kings, and the journey to freedom -- Gender and a load of bull -- The girl with the keyboard -- When they took my father -- Dancing in enchanted hills -- Operation get my parents to say yes -- Water fights in the desert -- Adventures in the African night -- Guarding a secret from the village -- A lift out of the latrine -- The confidence question -- The chapter my parents shouldn't read -- Play like no one's watching -- A positive blindnessphilosophy -- I don't believe fairytales, except this one -- Society's beliefs volume personal experiences : the PB&J case -- Never ever run from a bear -- The little dog that makes earthquakes -- Love is following me up an iceberg -- Not your typical Harvard Law School story -- Kicking butt, legally speaking -- The White House ADA celebration -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vi, 277 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538728727
- Lccn
- 2018050294
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
-
- on1110105355
- (OCoLC)1110105355
Subject
- trueEritrean people
- Lawyers with disabilities -- United States -- Biography
- truePeople who are blind and deaf
- trueRefugees
- trueWomen
- trueWomen lawyers
- Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography
- trueWomen who are blind and deaf
- trueWomen with disabilities
- Autobiographies
- trueCourage in women
- Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography
- trueDetermination
- trueDetermination (Personal quality)
- trueDisability rights advocates
- trueEritrean Americans
- Girma, Haben, 1988-
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