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Hugo Deffner and the Long Road to Accessibility in Washington

Hugo Deffner and the Long Road to Accessibility in Washington

11/18/2022 in DC by Emma O'Neill-Dietel

Activist Hugo Deffner came to Washington in 1957 to accept an award for his work in promoting accessible architecture. However, he discovered a city entirely inaccessible to wheelchair users and other disabled people. Over the following decades, a combination of tireless activism and legislation transformed Washington into one of the most accessible cities in America.

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La Dame qui Boite  (The Limping Woman)

La Dame qui Boite (The Limping Woman)

06/14/2022 in Maryland by Meaghan Kacmarcik

Trekking through the thick winter snow of the Pyrenees mountain range, Virginia Hall struggled with each passing step. After thirteen months in war-torn France with insufficient access to food, heating, and clothes, the once striking thirty-six-year-old lost the glow of youth. Hardened by the death, loss, and destruction, she witnessed at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators, she was determined to complete the arduous journey through the mountain range that separated occupied France from neutral Spain.

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