How do two letters written almost 100 years apart reveal evidence about the commonality of physical disability in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America and understandings of disability today? In this Editorial, Nicole Belolan narrates how archives include valuable testimonies for historicizing lived experiences of disability and expanding access and inclusion in public life today. Continue Reading Dear Dr. Gruber
Category: Editorial
“Wash your Hands, Officer X”[1]
The story of Isaac Woodward Jr., a war veteran blinded from a police beating, became a visible symbol of the fruits of racial injustice and underlined that even WWII veterans were not immune to the violence simmering beneath the surface in postwar American society. Continue Reading “Wash your Hands, Officer X”[1]