Laura Bridgman (December 21, 1829 – May 24, 1889) was the first deaf-blind person to be successfully educated, fifty years before the more famous Helen Keller. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Deafblindness (or deaf-blindness) is the condition of a person who is both deaf and blind. ... Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was a deafblind American author, activist and lecturer. ...

She was born in Hanover, New Hampshire and became deaf-blind from scarlet fever at age 2. She attended the Perkins School for the Blind in 1837, where she learned to read, write, and sew. She taught sewing at the school for the rest of her life. Dartmouth Colleges Baker Library is a prominent feature at the center of Hanover Located on the Connecticut River in the state of New Hampshire, United States, Hanover has a population of 10,850. ... The Perkins School for the Blind is a learning center for people who are blind, deafblind, or have multiple disabilities. ...

A Liberty ship was named after her. The Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. They were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. ...

References

• The Imprisoned Guest: Samuel Howe and Laura Bridgman, the Original Deaf-Blind Girl (ISBN 0374117381), by Elisabeth Gitter (2001)
• The Education of Laura Bridgman : First Deaf and Blind Person to Learn Language (ISBN 0674005899), by Ernest Freeberg (2001)
• Dickens gave an account of her in his American Notes.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. Charles Dickens used his rich imagination, sense of humour and detailed memories, particularly of his childhood, to enliven his fiction. ... American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America in 1842. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Nuttall Encyclopaedia is an early 20th century encyclopedia, edited by Rev. ...