15 Facts About Elizabeth Peet

Elizabeth Peet was an American educator of the deaf who taught at Gallaudet University for more than fifty years.

Elizabeth Peet was born in New York City on March 26,1874.

Elizabeth Peet grew up as a CODA, as her mother, poet Mary Toles Elizabeth Peet, was deaf and used American Sign Language to communicate.

Elizabeth Peet's parents met while Isaac was a teacher at the school and Mary was a student.

Elizabeth Peet learned to sign at a young age and had a close relationship with her mother.

Elizabeth Peet attended private schools and was tutored in Latin by her father.

At age sixteen Elizabeth Peet passed the entrance exam for Harvard University but decided to travel with her father as his personal secretary.

Elizabeth Peet was the first woman to have a faculty position at the school.

Elizabeth Peet taught multiple subjects, including English, Latin, and French, as well as sign language to hearing students and faculty.

Elizabeth Peet would be awarded two honorary degrees: a Masters of Arts from Gallaudet in 1923 and an honorary Doctor of Pedagogy from George Washington University in 1937.

Elizabeth Peet spent time studying at the Sorbonne and was awarded the Certificat apres Examen, Cours speciaux d'Ete in 1932.

Elizabeth Peet was elected as the Dean of the Midcentury by the National Association of Deans of Women.

Elizabeth Peet served as the assistant editor of the American Annals of the Deaf from 1942 to 1945.

Elizabeth Peet was inducted into the Gallaudet University Hall of Fame.

The Elizabeth Peet Award is given annually to an outstanding graduate student in school psychology at Gallaudet.