Bessie Gilbert, a bishop’s daughter, lost her sight in early childhood and grew up in the palace garden at Chichester learning languages and the harp. As a young woman she laid all of it aside to find paid work for blind men and women in London, running experiments in trade, instruction and relief from her own diaries and letters.
A close, affectionate portrait of a Victorian reformer who turned frail health and blindness into a lifetime of practical charity. Download the free EPUB.