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Excerpt from: To Aid Our Blind Also The aid to the blinded soldiers should consist of supporting them at a school where they could learn trades. There would also be workshops and an exchange for the sale of their products. Seated in a room of the fund yesterday was Sergeant Major George Middleness of the British Army, who was blinded at Gallipoli. He was busy knitting on a frame handbags for women, of which he can make several a day. Miss Keller showed great interest in his work.... |  Read Full Text |
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| Title: | To Aid Our Blind Also | |
| Creator: | n/a | |
| Date: | June 23, 1916 | |
| Format: | Article | |
| Publication: | The New York Times | |
| Source: | Available at selected libraries | |
| Location: | p.14 | |
| Keywords: | Advocacy; Blind; Deaf; Deaf-blind; Education; Educational Institutions; Employment; England; France; Fundraising; Helen Keller; Injuries; Institutions; International Relations; Labor; Labor & Commerce; Mexico; Military; Permanent Blind War Relief Fund; Philanthropy; Rehabilitation; Schools; Sensory Disability; Sheltered Workshop; Social Welfare; Social Welfare & Communities; Social Work; Soldiers; Veterans; Veterans & Military; Vocational Rehabilitation; War; Work; WWI | |
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