DescriptionLynn Schmitz talks about growing up deaf in North Dakota, attending the North Dakota School for the Deaf, going home over the summer when her family didn’t use sign language, high school athletics, working after graduation, marrying her husband before moving to California, her move to Minot, North Dakota and working in the post office on an Air Force base, the challenges of raising her hearing daughter, her use of TTY and videophones, her move to Billings to be near her sister, and attending church at Emanual Baptist in Billings.TypeTextCreatorHunley, LaurenGenredocumentsLanguageengDate2024-2-13ContributorInterviewsDisabilitiesInterviews--MontanaBlindnessAmerican Sign LanguageContributing InstitutionWestern Heritage CenterGeographic CoverageBillings, MontanaNorth DakotaYellowstone County, MontanaDigital CollectionCommunities with Disabilities Oral History ProjectDigital Formatapplication/pdfDigitization SpecificationsDigital word document saved a pdfDate Digitized2024Contact UsFor questions about our oral histories, email us at archives@ywhc.org
