Cotting School
In 1893, two pioneering orthopedic surgeons, Dr. Augustus Thorndike and Dr. Edward Bradford, saw the need to educate children whose physical challenges prevented them from attending school. As an experiment, they founded the Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children in Boston. Modeled after 19th-century European institutions, the school was America's first for children with physical disabilities. Early classes were held in a church basement where Mary Perry volunteered to teach seven students. Tuition, a hot meal, and transportation in a horse-drawn carriage were free. Thanks to the leadership of the two doctors and board chairman…
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Weitere Autoren: Peters, Elizabeth
- ISBN: 978-0-7385-5765-6
- EAN: 9780738557656
- Produktnummer: 3463453
- Verlag: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 127 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B16.6 cm x D0.9 cm 318 g
- Gewicht: 318
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