was educated at home, and took
her full share of household duties and cares and pleasures. When she
was twenty-seven, she began to consider the condition of the poor
blind of London. She saw some one must befriend those who had been
taught trades, some one who could supply material, give employment or
dispose of the articles manufactured. In 1854 her scheme was started,
and work was given to six men in their own homes, but the number soon
increased. In 1856 a committee was formed, a house converted into a
factory, and the Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the
Blind was founded.

Rev. George Matheson, D.D. (b. 1842), preacher and writer of the
Church of Scotland. The degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the
university of Edinburgh in 1879, and he was appointed Baird Lecturer
in 1881, and St Giles' Lecturer in 1882.

Henry Fawcett (1833-1884), professor of political economy at
Cambridge, and postmaster-general.

W.H. Churchman of Pennsylvania, who was instrumental in establishing
the schools for the blind in Tennessee, Indiana and Wisconsin.

H.L. Hall, founder of the workshops and home for the blind in
Philadelphia; by his energetic management he raised the standard of
work for the adult blind throughout America.

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J. Wilson, _Biography of the Blind_ (1838); Dr T.R. Armitage,
Education and Employment of the Blind (2nd ed., 1882); R.H. Blair,
_Education of the Blind_ (1868); M. Anagnos, _Education of the Blind_
(1882); H.J. Wilson, _Institutions, Societies and Classes for the
Blind in England and Wales_ (1907); Guillie, _Instruction and
Amusements of the Blind_ (1819); Dr W. Moon, _Light for the Blind_
(1875); R. Meldrum, _Light on Dark Paths_ (2nd ed., 1891); Dr H. Roth,
_Prevention of Blindness_ (1885), and his _Physical Education of the
Blind_ (1885); _Report of Royal Commission_ (1889); Gavin Douglas,
_Remarkable Blind Persons_ (1829); John Bird, _Social Pathology_
(1862); M. de la Sizeranne, _The Blind in Useful Avocations_ (Paris,
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France_ (Paris, 1885), _Two Years' Study and Work for the Blind_
(Paris, 1890), and _The Blind as seen by a Blind Man_ [translated by
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