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She Touched the World
Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
By Alexander, Sally J. & Alexander, Robert Jackson
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61885-299-4
- Publisher
- New York : Clarion Books, c2008.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2008
Gr 3-6 In the early 1840s, Bridgman was known throughout the world for her educational accomplishments despite her disabilities. Yet she would be so overshadowed by Helen Keller 50 years later that it is now impossible to mention her without drawing comparisons to Keller. In fact, Bridgman's education, undertaken by Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe of the New England Institution for the Education of the Blind, laid the foundation for Keller's accomplishments (Bridgman taught Annie Sullivan how to fingerspell), and for the education of Deaf-Blind children eve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
An 1832 bout with scarlet fever left two-year-old Laura Bridgman blind and deaf. Preceding Helen Keller by about fifty years, Bridgman's educa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
