LEADER 03334oam 22008534a 450 001 9910854400303321 005 20210114033727.0 010 $a0-8147-9538-2 010 $a0-8147-9098-4 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814790984 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155538 035 $a(EBL)866120 035 $a(OCoLC)779828427 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000607630 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11407851 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607630 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10584098 035 $a(PQKB)10323419 035 $a(OCoLC)794701131 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10193 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866120 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866120 035 $a(DE-B1597)547845 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814790984 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155538 100 $a20010614d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReflections $eThe Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France /$fTherese-Adele Husson ; translated and with commentary by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 225 1 $aThe History of Disability 300 $aIncludes text of the author's Reflections and her Note on the author's youth. 311 $a0-8147-4746-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 143-154). 327 $aC 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 Authors 330 $aIn the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick and Zina Weygand have rescued this intriguing woman and the remarkable story of her life and tragic death from obscurity, giving readers a rare look into a world recorded by an unlikely historical figure. Reflections is one of the earliest recorded manifestations of group solidarity among people with t 410 4$aThe History of Disability 606 $aBlind$xConduct of life 606 $aBlind women$zFrance$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aamong. 610 $ablind. 610 $achanges. 610 $afascinating. 610 $afigure. 610 $aideas. 610 $aindependence. 610 $anewly-discovered. 610 $anineteenth-century. 610 $aphysical. 610 $apoignant. 610 $arecords. 610 $aself-sufficiency. 610 $asensibility. 610 $aspirit. 610 $astory. 610 $athat. 615 0$aBlind$xConduct of life. 615 0$aBlind women 676 $a362.4/1/092 700 $aHusson$b Therese-Adele$f1803-1831.$01230268 701 $aWeygand$b Zina$01230270 701 $aKudlick$b Catherine Jean$01230269 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910854400303321 996 $aReflections$92855951 997 $aUNINA