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Does anyone know of an article that talks about being blind in the early 1900s, preferably in the US? (self.Blind)
submitted by BexTheMixer
I have to write a paper comparing families now and families at the turn of the 20? century, and my professor suggested I could talk about my own life as a blind person now, but I have no idea what life was like for the blind in the 20? century.
amh_library 2 points 2y ago
Librarian here:
I used the database JSTOR to find a few articles written in the early 1900s that may help you.
Psychology of the Blind, C. F. Fraser, The American Journal of Psychology
Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr., 1917), pp. 229-237 (9 pages)
Indiana's Blind, Ida Helen McCarty, Indiana Magazine of History
Vol. 19, No. 3 (SEPTEMBER, 1923), pp. 291-298 (8 pages)
If your college library has access to JSTOR you should be able to get these two articles. They are PDF documents. Let me know if you'd like me to send them somehow.
I used the database JSTOR to find a few articles written in the early 1900s that may help you.
Psychology of the Blind, C. F. Fraser, The American Journal of Psychology
Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr., 1917), pp. 229-237 (9 pages)
Indiana's Blind, Ida Helen McCarty, Indiana Magazine of History
Vol. 19, No. 3 (SEPTEMBER, 1923), pp. 291-298 (8 pages)
If your college library has access to JSTOR you should be able to get these two articles. They are PDF documents. Let me know if you'd like me to send them somehow.
BexTheMixer [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Thanks so much! I'll let you know if I need you to send them, but I should be able to find them.
amh_library 2 points 2y ago
I found another JSTOR article about Automobiles and Blind Pedestrians from 1929. When people back then were figuring out how to deal with cars. I pasted the first paragraph from the article because it is unique to that time.
Automobiles: Rights of the Blind in Streets
Michigan Law Review
Vol. 27, No. 8 (Jun., 1929), pp. 948-949 (2 pages)
Published by: The Michigan Law Review Association
AUTOMOBILES-RIGHTS OF THE BLIND IN STREETS.-The plaintiff, a blind man, while crossing a street unattended and without a cane became excited, turned, ran back, and was struck by the defendant's automobile. The trial judge instructed the jury that if the plaintiff "was unable to see and was not accompanied by one who could see" he was guilty of contributory negligence, and refused the plaintiff's requested instruction that "the blind have as much right to the use of the streets as those who have possession of their faculties, and it is not negligence as a matter of law for a blind person to walk unattended, either without a companion or a cane, on a public street." Held, the plaintiff's requested instruction was a correct statement of the law. Weinstein v. Wheeler (Or. I928) 271 Pac. 733.
Automobiles: Rights of the Blind in Streets
Michigan Law Review
Vol. 27, No. 8 (Jun., 1929), pp. 948-949 (2 pages)
Published by: The Michigan Law Review Association
AUTOMOBILES-RIGHTS OF THE BLIND IN STREETS.-The plaintiff, a blind man, while crossing a street unattended and without a cane became excited, turned, ran back, and was struck by the defendant's automobile. The trial judge instructed the jury that if the plaintiff "was unable to see and was not accompanied by one who could see" he was guilty of contributory negligence, and refused the plaintiff's requested instruction that "the blind have as much right to the use of the streets as those who have possession of their faculties, and it is not negligence as a matter of law for a blind person to walk unattended, either without a companion or a cane, on a public street." Held, the plaintiff's requested instruction was a correct statement of the law. Weinstein v. Wheeler (Or. I928) 271 Pac. 733.
BexTheMixer [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Thanks!
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