Laura Bridgman

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American Educator Laura Bridgman was born Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman on 21st December, 1829 in Hanover, New Hampshire and passed away on 24th May 1889 Watertown, MA aged 59. She is most remembered for First American blind and deaf child to receive agreat education.. Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

Laura Bridgman is a member of the following lists: American schoolteachers, 1829 births and American people of English descent.

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First Name	Laura
Middle Name	Dewey Lynn
Last Name	Bridgman
Full Name at Birth	Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman
Birthday	21st December, 1829
Birthplace	Hanover, New Hampshire
Died	24th May, 1889
Place of Death	Watertown, MA
Cause of Death	Illness
Buried	Dana Cemetery, Hanover, New Hampshire
Height	5' 1" (155 cm)
Build	Slim
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Brown - Dark
Distinctive Feature	Excellent seamstress and knitter, despite that she was blind.
Zodiac Sign	Sagittarius
Sexuality	Straight
Religion	Baptist
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
High School	Perkins School For The Blind
Occupation Text	Teacher at Perkins
Occupation	Educator
Claim to Fame	First American blind and deaf child to receive agreat education.
Official Websites	www.perkins.org
Father	Daniel
Mother	Harmony
Brother	? (deceased)
Sister	Mary (deceased), ? (deceased)
Friend	Charles Dickens, Dr. Samuel G. Howe
Associated People	Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller, Julia Brace
Favorite Books	The Holy Bible
Favorite Places	Ocean Front

Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (December 21, 1829 – May 24, 1889) is known as the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, fifty years before the more famous Helen Keller. Bridgman was left deaf-blind at the age of two after contracting scarlet fever. She was educated at the Perkins Institution for the Blind where, under the direction of Samuel Gridley Howe, she learned to read and communicate using Braille and the manual alphabet developed by Charles-Michel de l'Épée.

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