The Education of Laura Bridgman - First Deaf and Blind Person to Learn Language

In the mid-nineteenth century, Laura Bridgman, a young child from New Hampshire, became one of the most famous women in the world. Philosophers, theologians, and educators hailed her as a miracle because she was the first deaf and blind person to learn language. Her life was transformed when she became the star pupil of the educational crusader Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe. Against the backdrop of an antebellum Boston, Freeberg tells this extraordinary tale of mentor and student, scientist and experiment.

List of contents

Introduction 1. In Quest of His Prize 2. Mind over Matter 3. In the Public Eye 4. Body and Mind 5. The Instinct to Be Good 6. Punishing Thoughts 7. Sensing God 8. Crisis 9. Disillusionment 10. A New Theory of Human Nature 11. My Sunny Home 12. Legacy Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index

About the author

Ernest Freeberg

Summary

In the mid-19th century, philosophers, theologians, and educators hailed Laura Bridgman as a miracle because she was the first deaf and blind person to learn language. Her life was transformed by educational crusader Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe. Freeberg tells this extraordinary tale of mentor and student, scientist and experiment.

Product details

• Authors: Ernest Freeberg, Freeberg Ernest
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2002
• EAN: 9780674010055
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01005-5
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 225 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 358 g
• Illustrations: 14 halftones
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; EDUCATION / General, Education, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Disability: social aspects, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disability, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Disability, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy