. . "Marie Philip"@en . "1997Z"^^ . . "1997-09-24Z"^^ . "1953-04-20Z"^^ . "Philip, Marie Jean"@en . . . "Marie Jean Philip (April 20, 1953 \u2013 September 24, 1997) was a leader in both the American and international Deaf community. She advocated for the right to a natural sign language for Deaf people. Marie was one of the original researchers studying ASL and Deaf Culture. She was active in establishing American Sign Language (ASL) as a recognized language in the colleges of Massachusetts in the early 1980s."@en . "Leader in Deaf community" . . "Marie Jean Philip"@en . "1953Z"^^ . .