Comments on: Reclaiming Memory: Searching for Great-Aunt Sarah http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2012/10/30/reclaiming-memory-searching-for-great-aunt-sarah/ Changing the Cultural Conversation Wed, 01 May 2013 00:45:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2012/10/30/reclaiming-memory-searching-for-great-aunt-sarah/#comment-128230 Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:58:51 +0000 http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/?p=1276#comment-128230 Awesome! Thank *you* for sharing Sarah’s story with others.

]]> By: Penny http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2012/10/30/reclaiming-memory-searching-for-great-aunt-sarah/#comment-127467 Penny Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:16:23 +0000 http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/?p=1276#comment-127467 The DHA Newsletter for Fall 2012 is now live, and this blog post is included. Thank you again for this story.
http://www.dishist.org/newsletter.htm

]]> By: Kerry Kenney http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2012/10/30/reclaiming-memory-searching-for-great-aunt-sarah/#comment-2313 Kerry Kenney Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:41:18 +0000 http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/?p=1276#comment-2313 Very sad, very beautiful tribute you offer her.

]]> By: Anna Vermillion http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2012/10/30/reclaiming-memory-searching-for-great-aunt-sarah/#comment-2304 Anna Vermillion Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:25:58 +0000 http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/?p=1276#comment-2304 Beautifully written and very touching :)

]]> By: Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2012/10/30/reclaiming-memory-searching-for-great-aunt-sarah/#comment-2302 Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:04:36 +0000 http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/?p=1276#comment-2302 Penny, if you would like to include Sarah’s story in the newsletter, I would love that. I feel passionate about bringing her story into view.

]]> By: Penny http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2012/10/30/reclaiming-memory-searching-for-great-aunt-sarah/#comment-2300 Penny Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:42:30 +0000 http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/?p=1276#comment-2300 What a beautiful essay, and what a haunting portrait. The bow in Sarah’s hair reminds me of another portrait, of Ruth Austin, another girl institutionalized in the early 20c.:
http://disstud.blogspot.com/2005/08/disability-history-image-3.html

This is just the kind of story I like to include in the Disability History Association newsletter. I’m assembling the fall issue next month, if you’re interested. Here are past issues, in case you’re curious:
http://www.dishist.org/newsletter.htm

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