Disability Archives - Infinite Women

Carly Findlay

Australian disability rights activist

Dr Dee Allen

American military veteran and businesswoman

At the German art school Bauhaus, women like Anni Albers and Otti Berger were shunted into the textile department, prevented from studying other disciplines. Berger became one of the few Bauhaus artists to have her designs patented. Although segregated, artists like Albers and Berger changed the way textiles are viewed as an artistic medium.

Marjorie Florence Lawrence

Marjorie Florence Lawrence, an Australian native and star soprano with the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York City, became an exemplar for endurance when she rebuilt her career after being stricken by poliomyelitis (commonly known as polio).

Eleanor Bumpurs

When people with mental health problems are in crisis, police often are the first responders. Since many officers have little to no training on how to assess or treat mental illness, these situations can easily become violent. One of the first cases to receive wide attention and spur reform efforts happened on Oct. 29, 1984. A white New York City police officer fatally shot 66-year-old Eleanor Bumpurs, a Black woman. Bumpurs, who lived in public housing and had a history of mental health problems, was killed during an eviction.