Blindness
Unknown · 1919
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Description
Kate M. Foley, home teacher for the California State Library, delivered these Five Lectures on Blindness in 1919. Foley was herself blind. She had studied at the California School for the Blind. She taught as a volunteer. Then she carried books and lessons to blind people in their homes. The state library printed her lectures at Sacramento.
She tells sighted readers what blindness is, and what it is not. Training, Braille, work, and cheerfulness stand at the centre of her counsel. Foley scolds pity and praises independence from long personal experience. Her lectures remain a clear early statement by a blind professional on the education of her own community.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1919 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 166 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |