03357oam 22008534a 450 991085440030332120210114033727.00-8147-9538-20-8147-9098-410.18574/nyu/9780814790984(CKB)2670000000155538(EBL)866120(OCoLC)779828427(SSID)ssj0000607630(PQKBManifestationID)11407851(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607630(PQKBWorkID)10584098(PQKB)10323419(OCoLC)794701131(MdBmJHUP)muse10193(MiAaPQ)EBC866120(Au-PeEL)EBL866120(DE-B1597)547845(DE-B1597)9780814790984(EXLCZ)99267000000015553820010614d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReflections[electronic resource] The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France /Therese-Adele Husson ; translated and with commentary by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20011 online resource (173 p.)The History of DisabilityIncludes text of the author's Reflections and her Note on the author's youth.0-8147-4746-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-154).C O N T E N T S; Foreword; I . Introduction; I I . Reflections on the Physical and MoralCondition of the Blind; III. Note on the Author's Youth; IV. Reflections on a Manuscript, a Life,and a World; Notes; About the AuthorsIn the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick and Zina Weygand have rescued this intriguing woman and the remarkable story of her life and tragic death from obscurity, giving readers a rare look into a world recorded by an unlikely historical figure. Reflections is one of the earliest recorded manifestations of group solidarity among people with tThe History of DisabilityBlindConduct of lifeBlind womenFranceBiographyElectronic books. among.blind.changes.fascinating.figure.ideas.independence.newly-discovered.nineteenth-century.physical.poignant.records.self-sufficiency.sensibility.spirit.story.that.BlindConduct of life.Blind women362.4/1/092Husson Therese-Adele1803-1831.1230268Weygand Zina1230270Kudlick Catherine Jean1230269MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910854400303321Reflections2855951UNINA