Sophia Fowler Gallaudet
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Sophia Fowler Gallaudet was the wife of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. As the founding matron of the school that became Gallaudet University, she played an important role in deaf history, even playing a ke
Gallaudet in the 1850s
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was an American educator. Along with Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent institution for the education of the deaf in North America, and he bec
Sophia Fowler Gallaudet
…Sophia Fowler Gallaudet (March 20, 1798 – May 13, 1877) was the wife of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. As the founding matron of the school that became Gallaudet University, she played an important role in deaf history, even playing a key role in lobbying…
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet circa 1842
The school founded by Gallaudet in Hartford is now the American School for the Deaf
Sophia Fowler
The Gallaudet Memorial at Gallaudet University