Three inspiring stories highlight how blind individuals helped shape history through innovation, determination, and perseverance. One explores the surprising connection between blindness and the development of the typewriter, another follows Zorah Tinsley, a blind entrepreneur who built a successful rural telephone network in Oklahoma, and the third tells the story of Emma Mast, a blind woman who became a respected professional coffee taster in San Francisco. Together, these stories demonstrate how blind people have overcome barriers, created opportunities, and made lasting contributions to their communities and society.
What is Blind History Lady?
Archived stories in the collections of our blind ancestors in America researched and told by the Blind History Lady through monthly emails, and now in audio format. To subscribe to The Blind History Lady’s email list, send a note to theblindhistorylady@gmail.com