[stylist] Laura Bridgeman

[Angela fowler]

Thank you, Robert, I think I'll do that.  

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:11 AM
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Hello:

     In recent years, there were two books published about Laura Bridgeman
and they are available through NLS. One title is the Imprisoned Guest. You
could also go to the NFB site and do a search on her. I am reasonably sure
the Braille Monitor has articles on her.

Regards,

Robert Jaquiss

----- Original Message -----
From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
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Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Laura Bridgeman


> Thank you, Barbara.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 8:09 AM
> To: stylist
> Subject: [stylist] Laura Bridgeman
>
> Laura Bridgeman was born in New Hampshire in 1829.  She was a vey sickly
> child and at the age of three contracted scarlet fever which left her 
> deaf,
> blind and with no sense of smell.  Near the age of ten she went to the
> Perkins School where she essentially learned language in an afternoon.
> Samuel would show her an object and run her fingers over the word.  I'm
> guessing then it was raised print.  She learned to pair words with 
> objects,
> then spell words.  I think it said that after a year of growing her
> vocabulary she learned that she could express her own thoughts.  I forgot,
> after she learned how to spell the words with letters, Samuel introduced 
> her
> to finger spelling.
> That's what I found out in about ten minutes.  If I had more time I may 
> look
> her up and see what became of her as an adult.
> Barbara
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