Laura Bridgman

Bridgman was the first deafblind person to be successfully educated using tactile sign language, and this biography by Howe offers valuable insights into her life and accomplishments. Drawing upon Bridgman's own writings and contemporary accounts, Howe documents Bridgman's early childhood, her education with Samuel Gridley Howe at the Perkins Institution for the Blind, and her later years as a teacher and advocate for the deafblind community. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

• | Author: Maud Howe
• | Publisher: Legare Street Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 18, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 430 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1020350091
• | ISBN-13: 9781020350092