ID
2190
Nationality
American
Occupation
Author
Summary
First known deaf novelist. Deafened at age 12; wrote poetry and prose, including Warp and Woof (1880) and Desire Wentworth, a Romance of Provincial Times (1881).
References
American Annals of the Deaf, vol.29, p.221; Gallaudet Encyclopedia, 1987, vol.2, p.175; Deaf Women, p.118.
Dates
fl. 1881