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| Helen Keller. Library of Congress via Flickr the Commons https://flic.kr/p/5GCKUC |
January is National Braille Literacy Awareness Month. Louis Braille was born on January 4, 1809 and it was he who developed the code of raised dots that opened up a whole world for those who couldn’t see.
You might wonder why we are discussing this topic but we have a question for you. “How do you know whether or not your ancestor was blind?”
Resources
Helen Keller Biography - Helen Keller
History - Helen Keller
Mary Amelia Ingalls
CNN - The real reason that Mary Ingalls went blind
Wikipedia - Mary Ingalls
Famous Blind People
Ranker - Famous Blind People
Wikipedia - Louis Braille
History
Britannica - History of the Blind
Guide Dogs
Wikipedia - Guide Dog
Guide Dogs for the Blind
US Census Instructions for Enumerators
Census.Gov - 1910 Census Instructions
Research by Birdie Monk Holsclaw
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind
--Jean Wilcox Hibben
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