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Reflections: the life and writings of a young blind woman in post-revolutionary France
Thérèse-Adèle Husson. Translated and with Commentary by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand
Year: 2003, c2001.
Publisher:  New York University Press. 
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table of contents
Frontispiece
Title Page
Copyright and Permissions
List of Illustrations
Dedication
Foreword, by Bonnie G. Smith
I: Introduction, by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand
II: Reflections on the Physical and Moral Condition of the Blind, by Adèle Husson, translated from the French by Catherine J. Kudlick
Dedication
Foreword
Chapter 1: On the Gait and Demeanor of the Blind
Chapter 2: On the Touch of the Blind
Chapter 3: The Distinctive Character of the Blind
Chapter 4: The Previous Subject Continued
Chapter 5: On the Inflection of a Sweet Voice on the Heart and Senses of a Blind Person
Chapter 6: The Joys That Hearing Brings to the Blind
Chapter 7: Ideas That Blind People Form Concerning the Sun and the Moon
Chapter 8: On Men, Women, and Animals
Chapter 9: About My Ideas on Flowers, Furniture, and Cloth
Chapter 10: Our Situation at the Table
Chapter 11: First Article of an Educational Plan Suitable for People Blind from Birth or in the Cradle
Chapter 12: Second Article of My Educational Plan
Chapter 13: Third Article of an Educational Plan
Chapter 14: Fourth and Final Chapter on My Educational Plan
Chapter 15: Continued from the Above
Chapter 16: Ways to Console All Blind Women
Chapter 17: Author's Exhortation to Blind People
Chapter 18: Conclusion
III: Note on the Author's Youth, by Thérèse-Adèle Foucault, translated from the French by Lise-Hélène Trouilloud
IV: Reflections on a Manuscript, a Life, and a World, by Zina Weygand and Catherine J. Kudlick
Notes
Notes to the Introduction
Note to Reflections on the Physical and Moral Condition of the Blind
Notes to Reflections on a Manuscript, a Life, and a World
Additional Resources, Réflections sur l'Etat Phisique et moral des Aveugles par Mlle Adelle Husson une jeune aveugle de Nanci, s.d., A.Q.V. B115 6858, by Adèle Husson, transcribed from the original manuscript in French by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand
Dedication
Table des Chapitres Contenus dans cet Ouvrage
Avant-Propos
Chapitre 1er: De la démarche et du maintien des aveugles
Chapitre 2: Du Tact des Aveugles
Chapitre 3: Caractère distinctif des Aveugles
Chapitre 4me: Suite du précédent
Chapitre 5me: De l'Inflexion d'une Voix douce sur le coeur, Et les sens d'un Aveugle
Chapitre 6me: Des Jouissances que l'ouie Procure aux Aveugles
Chapitre 7me: Idées que se forment les aveugles du Soleil Et de la Lune
Chapitre 8me:  Sur les hommes, les femmes, et les Animaux
Chapitre 9me: De nos Idées sur les fleurs, les meubles Et les Etoffes
Chapitre 10me:  Notre Situation à Table
Chapitre 11me: Premier Article d'un Plan d'Education Convenant aux Personnes aveugles depuis leur Naissance, ou au Berceau
Chapitre 12me: Second Article de mon Plan d'Education
Chapitre 13me: Troisième Article d'un Plan d'Education
Chapitre 14me: Quatrième et dernier Article de mon Plan d'Education
Chapitre 15me: Suite du Précédent
Chapitre 16me: Motifs de Consolation Pour toutes les Aveugles
Chapitre 17me: Exhortation de l'Auteur aux Personnes Cécitées
Chapitre 18me: Conclusion
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Title: Reflections : the life and writings of a young blind woman in post-revolutionary France / Thérèse-Adèle Husson ; translated and with commentary by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand.
Author: Husson, Thérèse-Adèle, 1803-1831; Kudlick, Catherine Jean; Weygand, Zina
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Source Version: Reflections : the life and writings of a young blind woman in post-revolutionary France / Thérèse-Adèle Husson ; translated and with commentary by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand. 
Husson, Thérèse-Adèle, 1803-1831, Kudlick, Catherine Jean, Weygand, Zina
New York: New York University Press, 2003, c2001.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.90004
Subject Headings: • Husson, Thérèse-Adèle, -- 1803-1831
• Blind women -- France -- Biography
• Blind -- Conduct of life
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