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Laura Bridgman The Deaf Dumb and Blind Girl Portrait
Features the Perkins Institute and Dr Howe with Laura Bridgman, a deaf mute blind girl, detailing her early lessons and dramatic progress from tactile labeling to sign language and mental concepts, including emotional reunions with her mother and social behavior with peers. The piece extols Howe’s method and discusses broader themes of education, labor, and public support for mechanics and authors.
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North American Review
Howe
Perkins Institute For the
Boston
Laura Bripoman
Laura
Hanover
New Hampshire
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