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Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (December 21, 1829 – May 24, 1889) was the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, twenty years before the more famous Helen Keller; Laura's friend Anne Sullivan became Helen Keller's aide.
- December 21, 1829, Hanover, New Hampshire
- Perkins School for the Blind
- May 24, 1889 (aged 59), Boston, Massachusetts
- Dana Cemetery, Hanover, New Hampshire
4 days ago · Laura Dewey Bridgman (born December 21, 1829, Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.—died May 24, 1889, Boston, Massachusetts) was the first blind and deaf person in the English-speaking world to learn to communicate using finger spelling and the written word.
Laura Dewey Bridgman was the first student with deafblindness to be formally educated. She and Perkins' founding Director Samuel Gridley Howe became world famous for this achievement. Laura Dewey Bridgman was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on December 21, 1829, to hardworking New England farmers.
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Mar 2, 2017 · Laura Bridgman was the most famous woman of her day, second only to Queen Victoria, according to her teacher, Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, director of the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston. The reason for this renown? Laura was the first deaf and blind person to learn to communicate with others through language.
Nov 10, 2014 · Comments. Views 253. Before Helen Keller, there was Laura Bridgman. Although history did not bestow immortality on her name, as it did Keller’s, there was a time when she was considered to be the most famous woman in the world, with the probable exception of Queen Victoria. In 1826, three years before Laura’s birth, an American physician ...
May 31, 2014 · What Is Visible imagines the life of Laura Bridgman, the first blind and deaf person to learn language, years before the more famous Helen Keller. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Kimberly...
Jun 24, 2001 · Laura’s World. By Louis Menand. June 24, 2001. The house in which Laura Bridgman was born, in 1829, sits on a remote dirt road in a tiny New Hampshire village, now called Etna, on the outskirts...
