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Ruth Sidransky (July 1, 1929–October 7, 2017) was an American advocate for the deaf. She was born in the Bronx, New York to deaf parents. Her first language was sign, which she used exclusively as a young child and she translated for her parents throughout their lives.

Life and work

In 1990, Sidransky wrote In Silence, a memoir of her life among the world of the Deaf. The New York Times called it "a great act of love." Sidransky appeared on Good Morning, America, and NPR and spoke on behalf of American Sign about its legitimacy as a distinct and singular language. Sidransky was the principal of an American school abroad, a private counselor to disabled children and a television show host in Canada.

Her son is functional medicine doctor Mark Hyman.

Sidransky co-founded the Jewish Community Association of the Deaf in Plantation with Hank Hyman. In her ninth decade, Sidransky published three books in 2015: A Woman’s Primer, a look at the qualities women need to survive and thrive; Bravo Carrie, her memoir of her adult daughter's struggle with cancer, and Reparations, a novel about young American Jews in Europe at the end of World War II.

References

• Sidransky, Ruth (2006). In Silence: Growing up Hearing in a Deaf World. ISBN 1563682877.
• "A Voice For Many A Pompano Beach Woman Speaks Up The Deaf And Elderly". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
• Adams, Timothy Dow (March 1997). "Deafness and Deftness in CODA Autobiography: Ruth Sidransky's In Silence and Lou Ann Walker's A Loss For Words". Biography. 20 (2): 141–155. doi:10.1353/bio.2010.0087. ISSN 1529-1456.

1. "Ruth Sidransky Rosenberg, 88, teacher and author". The Berkshire Edge. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
2. "IN SHORT: NONFICTION". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-01-30.

• 1929 births
• 2017 deaths
• 20th-century American Jews
• 20th-century American non-fiction writers
• 20th-century American women writers
• 21st-century American Jews
• 21st-century American non-fiction writers
• 21st-century American women writers
• Activists from New York City
• American women non-fiction writers
• Jewish American activists
• Jewish American non-fiction writers
• Jewish women writers
• People involved with sign language
• Writers from the Bronx