ID
2164
Nationality
American
Occupation
Poet
Author
Summary
Deafened at age 13 by brain fever; graduated the New York School for the deaf; married Dr. Isaac Lewis Peet in 1854. Was a teacher in the New York School and leader in New York society; after her husband's 1898 death, lived with her daughter Elizabeth Peet (q.v.) in Washington, DC. A book of her poetry is titled simply Verses.
References
Notable Deaf Persons, p.12-13; Gallaudet Encyclopedia, vol.2 p.268-269; The Frat, vol.35 no.5, Dec. 1937, p.3; Deaf Women, p.132.
Dates
16 January 1836-5 March 1901