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There are 15 chapters of [[Deaf Women United]] throughout the United States; its mission is, "to promote the lives of Deaf women through empowerment, enrichment, and networking."<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.dwu.org/#!about_us/csgz|title = About Us|access-date = September 26, 2015|website = Deaf Women United}}</ref> There is also [[Pink Wings of Hope]], an American breast cancer support group for deaf and hard-of-hearing women.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://pink.deafinc.org/|title = Pink Wings of Hope|publisher = DEAF, Inc.|date = 2009-10-11|access-date = 2015-09-26}}</ref>

 

The library at [[Gallaudet University]], the only deaf liberal arts university in the United States, was founded in 1876. The library's collection has grown from a small number of reference books to the world's largest collection of deaf-related materials, with over 234,000 books and thousands of other materials in different formats. The collection is so large that the library had to create a hybrid classification system based on the [[Dewey Decimal Classification System]] in order to make cataloging and location within the library easier for both library staff and users. The library also houses the university's archives, which holds some of the oldest deaf-related books and documents in the world.<ref name=harringt>{{cite book |title=The Deaf collection at the Gallaudet University Library. Education Libraries, 22(3) |first=T.R. |last=Harrington |year=1998 |pages=5–12 }}</ref><ref name="galludetlibrary">{{cite web|url=https://libguides.gallaudet.edu/c.php?g=774015&p=5552727|title=Collections|website=[[Gallaudet University]]|access-date=August 14, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210815015414/https://libguides.gallaudet.edu/c.php?g=774015&p=5552727|archive-date=August 15, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>