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Title: The Deaf Wage-Earners: A Study in Adjustment to Occupation, Benjamin M. Schowe, no date
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Manuscripts
Description: Long article about deaf employment by Schowe, includes a lengthy comparsion to deaf employment in Great Britain
Subject: Occupational Training, Segregation, Safety and health at work, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, World War II, Communication--Deaf, War Manpower, Lipreading, Worker's Compensation--Deaf, Vocabulary--Deaf, Sign Language--American, Job placement--Deaf, Oralism vs. manualism debate

Title: The Deaf War Workers: A Study in Utilization, Benjamin M. Schowe
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Articles
Description: Also includes an extensive examination of deafness and identity
Subject: World War II, Employment--Deaf--United States, Safety and health at work, Discrimination--Deaf, Occupational Training, Lipreading, Segregation, Prejudices

Title: The Industrial Potential of the Deaf, by Benjamin M. Schowe, April 11, 1954
Created: April 11, 1954
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Manuscripts
Description: Schowe writes about the potential of the deaf worker post-war
Subject: World War I, United States. Work Projects Administration, World War II, Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf, Employment--Deaf--United States

Title: Letter from David A. Davidowitz to Frank Knox, Secretary of War, August 8, 1940
Created: August 8, 1940
Creator: Davidowitz, David
Type: Correspondence
Description: Davidowitz asks Knox about job opportunities for the deaf while the country is at war.
Subject: Job placement--Deaf, World War II