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- Bridgman, Laura
- The Story of Laura Bridgman, by Joseph Jastrow
(St. Nicholas, 1889)
- Born more than 50 years before Helen Keller, Laura Bridgman is considered the first deaf, dumb and blind person in America to become trained in the English language.
- Gilbert, Bessie
- Bessie Gilbert, by Alice King
(Girl's Own Paper, 1892)
- "This blind woman...determined that...blind men and women should be enabled to take a reasonable, active place in the community, and to live by the work of their own brains or hands."
- Keller, Helen
- Helen Keller, by Florence Howe Hall
(St. Nicholas, 1889)
- Helen Keller at Cambridge, by Arthur Gilman
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- King, Alice
- Alice King, by Alice King
(Demorest, 1885)
- Our Blind Contributor - Alice King, by Alice King
(Girl's Own Paper, 1887)
- "At length came the, for me, happy days when that wonderful and beautiful machine, the type-writer, was brought to England from America." This enabled the writer to set down her own words rather than having to dictate to another - and Miss King was a prolific writer!
- Tunison, Fannie
- The Remarkable Case of Miss Tunison
(The Strand, 1900A)
- An American quadriplegic who managed to earn a living by painting with her tongue.
- See also
- • Education for Special Needs
- • Health: Disabilities
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