After the success of their Deaf Women: A Parade Through the Decades, Ms. Wood and Marjoriebelle Holcomb began work in the mid-90s on a sequel. Their plan was to collect information on prominent deaf women and write short biographies for each. DawnSignPress expressed an interest in publishing the result. The project went through several different titles, but was eventually called the Biographical Dictionary of Deaf Women. Due to health problems, Ms. Holcomb withdrew from the project after a few years. Ms. Wood’s husband, Henning Irgens, took her place. Ms. Wood and Mr. Irgens eventually amassed biographical records on hundreds of deaf women with histories and photographs collected by mail, email, and fax. However, they found difficulty in organizing the material and creating a system of categorization for the various entries. The project became too unwieldy and, after disagreements with DawnSignPress, was abandoned in 2001. This series includes correspondence between Ms. Wood and various interested parties, including her collaborator Marjoriebelle Holcomb, her editors Cynde Hale and Marla Hatrak, and other people at DawnSignPress. It also includes lists and draft profiles of the women profiled, some attempts at creating outlines for the project, and a complete draft manuscript of a Biographical Dictionary of Deaf Women. A parallel project, a video titled Deaf Women in Profile, was intended to be an introduction to deaf women’s culture for outsiders, based on Ms. Wood’s work. It was never filmed but some material related to it can be found in this series.

See series 2-4 for more on this project.