The woman in Springfield who helped reshape sign language history

Sep 23, 2026 - 21:30
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The woman in Springfield who helped reshape sign language history
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — "No formal systematic training programs for interpreters have yet been developed," a federal manual declared in 1965. But by then, a woman in Springfield had already spent nearly two decades teaching hearing students sign language and preparing them to interpret for Deaf people. Her name was Lottie Riekehof. Today, Riekehof is remembered [...]

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