When people think of American Sign Language, many mistakenly think of Helen Keller as the first heroine of this amazing visual language. Alice Cogswell is actually the little girl who perhaps inspired the development of a standardized sign language in America and the FIRST school for the Deaf in the United States. Read and decide for yourself Was Alice a heroine in Deaf history or just a humdrum girl who lived in the 1800's?
When people think of American Sign Language, many mistakenly think of Helen Keller as the first heroine of this amazing visual language. Alice Cogswel...
