Julia Brace
By: Beijie K
The first 18 years
• Julia was born on June 13 1807 in Newington, Connecticut
• She lost hearing and eyesight from typhus fever at the age of 4 years and 5 months
• Soon forgot the few words she learned
• She did acquire American Sign Language from the resident people but she was the only blind person there
• She had no sorts of education till she was 18 years old
Her Life😱
• She went to school for 30 years
• She went to the American Asylum for the deaf and dumb
• She was kind and trustworthy that she entrusted with the sucks and made an excellent nurse.
• Besides being the only blind person, she could knit and was beginning to look like a celebrity
The Other Side
• She was very protective of her rights and never got involved in others either
• Julia was known to not deceive anyone
• Was known for being feisty, curious, and independent
The last Years🙏
• She enrolled at Perkins School Of the blind in April 6 1842
• She left the left the Perkins school, to go back to Hartford, where she continued to study after a year until 1860
• Julia went to go live with her sister in Bloomington, Connecticut, where she became paralyzed and bedridden
• Julia Brace died on August 12, 1884, when she was only 77 years old
• She was buried in Western Hill Cemetery, with an unmarked grave