A Phone of Our Own: The Deaf Insurrection Against Ma Bell

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Harry G. Lang Gallaudet University Press Washington, D.G Callaudet University Press Washington, DC 20002© 2000 by Callaudet University. All rights reserved. Published 2000 Printed in the United States ofAmerica All efforts have been made to obtain permission to reprint the photographs used in this book. Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lang, Harry C. A phone of our own: the deaf insurrection against Ma Bell / Harry C. Lang. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56368-090-4 1. American Telephone and Telegraph Company. 2. Telecommunications devices for the deaf-United States-History. 3. Telephone-United StatesEmergency reporting systems-History. I. Title. HE8846.A55 U5 2000 362.4'283-dc21 00-028147 €9 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences- Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Frontispiece: The founding fathers of the acoustic coupler technology that brought telephone access to deaf people: (seated) Robert H. Weitbrecht; (Left) Andrew Saks; and (right) James C. Marsters. Courtesy of James C. Marsters. I dedicate this book to all the deaf and hearing people whose countless hours of labor brought us the telephone. To mention you by name would turn the story into a phone book. ...