Laura Bridgman." [From:] [The American Journal of Education, vol. 4, no. 11, December 1857], pp. [383]-400

by [Disability] [Bridgman, Laura] Howe, Samuel Gridley

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[Hartford, Connecticut]: [F.C. Brownell], 1857. First edition. Pamphlet. Fine. Extract (18 pp.) bound in modern paper wrappers. Clean and fresh throughout. A fine copy. Samuel Gridley Howe's report on the education of Laura Bridgman (1829 - 1889), the first deaf-blind person to receive formal schooling in the United States. This report covers the first three years of Bridgman's education at the Perkins School for the Blind, focusing on the efforts of Howe and other Perkins educators to develop Bridgman's language skills. Howe and his staff experimented with different ways to teach Bridgman to communicate; eventually, they devised a method of sharing common objects with her and then using large movable type, set in a specially-made metal frame, to spell out the names of those objects. In the process of educating Bridgman, Howe developed a groundbreaking language acquisition curriculum that shaped the education of Helen Keller and many other deaf-blind students at the Perkins School. Bridgman was educated at the Perkins School between 1837 and 1850, during which she developed an international reputation. In 1842, Charles Dickens met with Bridgman at the Perkins School and included the story in his American Notes, which launched Bridgman into fame. It was this inclusion, in fact, that led to Helen Keller being educated at the Perkins School: Keller's mother had read Dickens' account of Bridgman and sought medical assistance for her daughter, which eventually led to Keller being

• Publisher: [F.C. Brownell]
• Year: 1857
• Edition: First Edition
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