Marcella M Meyer was the founder and CEO of the Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness. They called her Dragon Lady because of her impassioned speeches that would get her audience all riled up and ready to take action.
She was instrumental in so many things during the 70's and 80's I hardly know where to begin.
I remember her suing KCET (the Los Angeles PBS station) for captioning.
I remember her challenging the RID test by establishing the instrument that ultimately became the NAD test and led to our current NIC assessment.
I remember her saying any interpreter without deaf family were -- well, let's just say she wanted to be sure we had the Deaf community interests at heart.
We are all the better for her presence in the community and in our lives.
If you would like to sign the guest book and let her family know what a difference she made, please follow this link.
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