Life After Deaf I

Alice Cogswell

T.H. Gallaudet

Women's Education

Gallaudet's Offers

fathers passing had a negative impact

dependent of her father

Dr. Cogswell passed

possibly died of a "broken heart" or suicide

perhaps felt devastated and lost when her father died

offered many good jobs but turned them down

continued to use illness as excuse

left the asylum without plan

continued to take many trips

bad time for women education

many men had a negative view of it

women could only be teachers under one condition

teach blind students at a school in Boston

blamed health for declining

many jobs offered

lack of support