Lydia Sigourney - ASD Pioneers
Lydia wrote numerous poems about deaf people and, most notably, her former student, Alice Cogswell. Her poems leaned toward a charitable and religious context but shed light on Alice’s ability to learn. One widely reprinted poem celebrated a deaf marriage giving some insight into the growing deaf community of Hartford.
Alice Cogswell - ASD Pioneers
Lydia Huntley Sigourney, by then a noted poet, penned two poems about her former student, titled “Teacher’s Excuse” and “Lines on the Death of Alice Cogswell.” She admired Alice’s determination and dedication to learning. Sigourney wrote that Alice had a “thirst for knowledge, a loving heart and a fine intellect” and noted that ...
Lydia Huntley Sigourney | The Poetry Foundation
At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enrolled in the country’s first school for deaf children. In 1815 Sigourney published her first book, Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse. In 1819 she married Charles Sigourney ...
Mrs. Sigourney of Hartford | Gallaudet University Press
Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865) of Hartford, Connecticut, was an internationally known poet in her day. She was the first person to teach Alice Cosgrove, the deaf student who inspired Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet to open the first school for deaf students in America.
Mrs. Sigourney in Hartford : poems and prose on the early …
2023年3月20日 · After teaching at her own school for several years in Norwich, Lydia returned to Hartford to head a class of 15 girls from the best families. Among her students was Alice Cogswell, a deaf girl soon to be famous as a student of …
Historically Speaking: Lydia Sigourney was pioneering educator, …
2021年3月7日 · One of her best-loved pupils, Alice Cogswell, was Deaf, but so eager to learn that Lydia devised a manual alphabet and taught Alice to read and write. Alice’s father Dr. Mason Cogswell traveled to France to learn the principles of sign language from Thomas Gallaudet; they returned to Hartford to create the American School for the Deaf.
Project MUSE - Mrs. Sigourney of Hartford
After teaching at her own school for several years in Norwich, Lydia returned to Hartford to head a class of 15 girls from the best families. Among her students was Alice Cogswell, a deaf girl soon to be famous as a student of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc.
Lydia Huntley Sigourney Papers - Connecticut Historical Society
Among the pupils in her select school for young ladies in Hartford were the daughters of Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell, one of whom, Alice, a deaf-mute, enlisted her sympathy and a life-long interest in education for the deaf.
Mrs. Sigourney of Hartford
Among her students was Alice Cogswell, a deaf girl soon to be famous as a student of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. Lydia’s inspiration came from a deep commitment to the education of girls and also for African American, Indian, and deaf children.
Poetry | Poetry Out Loud
At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enrolled in the country’s first school for deaf children.