Bridgman, Laura
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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BRIDGMAN, LAURA 1829 89, the first blind and deaf person to be successfully educated, b. Hanover, N.H...guidance of Dr. S. G. Howe , of the Perkins School for the Blind , she learned to read and write and to sew, eventually becoming...