The Life Story of Mother Delight Rice and Her Children: The First Teacher of the Deaf in the Philippines

by Ronald M. Hirano

Delight Rice, the hearing daughter of deaf parents, was a pioneering teacher of deaf-blind pupils at the Wisconsin and Ohio Schools for the Deaf during the early 1900s.In 1907 the U.S. government sent her to establish a deaf education system in the Philippines, which was occupied by American military forces during the Spanish-American War. Initially unable to find any deaf children in Manila and surrounding provinces, she and American constabularies ventured into the interior mountains, heavily populated by wild, hostile headhunting tribes, in search of deaf children. They rode U.S. Army wagons and on burros for more than 1,000 miles on their successful mission.This book chronicles Delight Rice’s life and legendary contributions to deaf education in the United States and the Philippines.

184 pages, Paperback

First published July 7, 2014

Reviews

[Paige Watson · Rating 3 out of 5]

The historical information in this book was fascinating, but the organization of the book could have been done much better. Hirano often jumps from one topic to the next in a single chapter with no real explanation of its relevance.
That aside, Mother Delia Delight Rice is a fascinating person!