ID
2690
Nationality
English
British
Occupation
Deaf-blind
Summary
Born deaf and blinded at age 3 by smallpox. Sent to a "workhouse" in Rotherhite but never educated in any way. When her two main caretakers quit the workhouse, Margaret fell into a depression because their replacements could not communicate with her. Nothing else is known of her after that.
References
Touch, Touch, and Touch Again, p.35-37.
Dates
1823?-?