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Dr. Samuel Gridley-Howe Bio Poem
-Samuel -Caring, Political, Responsible, Inventive -Son of Joseph N. Howe and Patty Gridley -Lover of Philanthropy, Equal Rights and Julia Ward -Who Felt Greece needed Independence, Slaves needed freedom and the proper place for a woman is in the home -Who needed money for the Perkins Institution, to briefly go to Canada to avoid arrest for funding John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry and to raise money and supplies to help feed and care for the people suffering in Greece during the Greek Revolution -Who gave opportunities for deaf and blind children to become educated, medical assistance to soldiers, and the main speech at the opening of the New York State Institution for the Blind -Who feared seperating mentally disabled students from society would be damaging, the outbreak of diseases and illnesses and fought to improve hygiene guidelines and society's injust class system -Who wanted to see Greece independent, Slaves free, and deaf-blind children educated -Resident of Boston, Massachusetts -Gridley-Howe
By: Hannah Rice
