The Education of Laura Bridgman : : First Deaf and Blind Person to Learn Language / / Ernest Freeberg.
In the mid-nineteenth century, Laura Bridgman, a young child from New Hampshire, became one of the most famous women in the world. Philosophers, theologians, and educators hailed her as a miracle, and a vast public followed the intimate details of her life with rapt attention. This girl, all but for...
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