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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.
Aug 8, 2021 · Born in Hanover, New Hampshire in December 1892, Laura Bridgman was a member of a hardworking farming family. At 2 years old, she contracted scarlet fever. Two of her siblings died from the illness. Laura survived but she lost most of her senses including sight, hearing, smell and taste.
May 20, 2024 · Laura Dewey Bridgman was the first blind and deaf person in the English-speaking world to learn to communicate using finger spelling and the written word. Predating Helen Keller by nearly two generations, Bridgman was well known for her ability to exchange conversation with teachers, family, peers,
Born Laura Dewey Bridgman on December 21, 1829, in Hanover, New Hampshire; died on May 24, 1889, in South Boston, Massachusetts; daughter of Daniel and Harmony Bridgman (both farmers); had two brothers and three sisters, two of whom died from the scarlet fever, which destroyed her senses of sight, hearing, and smell; educated by Dr. Samuel ...
Although she often spent summers with her family in New Hampshire, Bridgman lived at Perkins School for the Blind, her “Sunny Home,” for the rest of her life. Bridgman’s adult life at Perkins was busy. She lived in one of the four cottages with the students and did her share of the housework.
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?
Sep 15, 2014 · Before the remarkable accomplishments of Helen Keller, there was Laura Dewey Bridgman (1829-1889), a deaf and blind woman from New Hampshire, who amazed educators and the American public with her exceptional achievements in language and education.
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