Lilley, Georgina Maude Scott

ID
3556
Nationality
Canada
Occupation
ASL teacher
Summary
Born at Penhold, AB and deafened at age 2 from unknown causes. Attended the Manitoba School for the Deaf 1937-1940, then the Mackay School for the Deaf 1940-1947. After graduation, worked in a knitting factory, a bakery, and a casket factory. In 1978, she began teaching ASL at Mount Royal College in Calgary until her 1996 retirement, but continued teaching ASL sporadically after that. Married Frank Gilliam Lilley, also deaf.
References
Deaf Women of Canada, p.150.
Dates
1929-