Between Worlds

Illustrates the struggles of ten deaf women as they negotiate their family, educational and work lives.

This book illustrates the struggles of ten deaf women as they negotiate their family, educational and work lives. The stories of these women, many of whom are among the first generation of college educated deaf women in the United States, add to what is known about the history of women's lives. Najarian also demonstrates the places where these women resist various obstacles that are put before them, as well as how they work to negotiate their identities as deaf women in the deaf community, hearing world, and the places "in between". The scope of the book traces these women's lives in these three major sectors of their lives and provides a discussion of the implications for other linguistic minorities in terms of education programs and hiring procedures.