Laura Dewey Bridgman
1829–89
American educator. Left deaf and blind after an attack of scarlet fever as a child; the first person with these disabilities to receive formal education. Studied at Perkins School for the Blind from 1837. After a brief period away from the school, returned and spent the rest of her life there; taught sewing, kept a journal, and wrote poetry.
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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