Georgia Marie Griffith (November 12, 1931 – September 14, 2005) was an American deafblind educator, author, and online community pioneer.
At age 50 Griffith became an early adopter of the Internet, managing message forums for CompuServe and providing assistance to people with disabilities in using computers.
[3] After graduating from college, Griffith taught music, including directing choirs and teaching piano lessons to children.
[4] In the early 1980s, Griffith's friends pooled their money to buy her a VersaBraille, equipping her personal computer with a refreshable braille display.
[6][7] In a 1995 New York Times article, Griffith was described as being "known in the on-line community as a 'Net Queen,' writing faster than most people talk, with a distinctive voice that is at turns witty, forceful and self-deprecating.
[1] Griffith received an award from the Smithsonian Institution in 1997 for her work with the CompuServe Handicapped Users' Database, a compendium of information for and about disabled people.