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Article: CRAFTS A LUCRATIVE OUTLET FOR LEGALLY BLIND WOMAN.(NORFOLK COMPASS)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 10, 1996
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Byline: NANCY LEWIS, STAFF WRITER
A Noah's arkful of animal pairs are poised in mid-march along the edge of Jean Kramer's dining room table.
Notably missing are the long-necked giraffes.
``A little boy wanted them,'' laughs the menagerie's creator, her hands searching a hutch top for the coat rack she's been working on.
Jean Kramer is legally blind, but she's determined to use her lifelong love of making things to earn a living.
In her quest for independence, Jean has the help of the latest equipment - a monitor that enlarges patterns for her to memorize, magnifying lenses that allow her a limited view of work surfaces and a ...