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Gallaudet had a great interest in finding a way to educate Alice. He learned of a school in Europe that was educating the deaf and hoped Alice would attend the school. Her family was concerned about sending her to another country at such a young age. Cogswell and others decided that there needed to be a school for the deaf in the United States. They chose Gallaudet to be the principal of the school and decided he needed to go to the schools in Europe and learn the methods for teaching the students.
During Gallaudet's stay, he formed a friendship with another of the Royal Institution's teachers, Laurent Clerc. After a year, Gallaudet decided to return home to the United States. He brought Clerc with him to be one of the teachers in the new school for the deaf. In April of , the first school for the deaf in the United States opened in Hartford, Connecticut.
The first class in the school had eight students. They quickly learned many of the signs that Gallaudet and Clerc taught them. For the first time in their lives, they were able to ommunicate with others.
Other people quickly learned about the school and, by the end of the first winter, the enrollment grew to thirty students. Gallaudet's school was a success. By the end of the first year, the president of the United States, James Monroe, had paid a visit to the school.
This led to the. In August , Gallaudet married one of his students, Sophia Fowler. The couple had a child. Sophia was concerned that the child would be deaf. She tested the baby and discovered that the child was able to hear.
Over the years, she and Thomas parented a total of eight children. Gallaudet continued to work for the school until Upon leaving the school, he took on two jobs as a minister, one for a local jail and the other at a retreat center for the insane. He was kept very busy with work and his large family. Even though he left the school for the deaf, he continued to advocate and educate others on the issue.
In September , Gallaudet passed away from complications of the lung disease that he had suffered from since he was a child. His youngest son, Edward, had followed in his footsteps as an advocate for deaf education. Dedicated to starting the first college for the deaf, and with the support of President Abraham Lincoln, Edward turned Colombia Institution into a college for the deaf and became its first president.
Graduates of the college, asked its governing board to change the institution's name to Gallaudet University in honor of Thomas Gallaudet's work to promote education for the deaf community. During Gallaudet's life, the medical field did not understand what made individuals lose their hearing. Doctors had tried methods to correct hearing problems, including creating additional holes in the ears and pouring solutions into the ear to break the "block. In addition to not knowing what caused hearing loss, no one had developed a broadly-used method of communication for the deaf.
In the United States, there were no schools for deaf individuals. Only a few schools in Europe taught the deaf to communicate, they used two different methods — lip-reading and signing. Thomas Gallaudet played a major role in advocating for the education of the deaf in the United States. Without his involvement, this movement would have not evolved as quickly. His work was also instrumental in the creation of American Sign Language, now widely used throughout the United States and the world.
Thomas Gallaudet used the philanthropic sector to develop an educational system that aided in educating the deaf. By creating the first school for the deaf in the United States, he showed that those who could not hear were able to learn.
This changed the viewpoint of many who thought this impossible. His work allowed the deaf to be treated equally as citizens of this community. When the president of the United States came to visit Gallaudet's school, the funding for deaf education increased. Due to the opportunity for education that has evolved from Gallaudet's initial efforts, the deaf are able to exist as equals in society today. His love for education of the deaf has had a great effect on society.
In , he married Sophia Fowler, a deaf graduate of the school who was originally from Guilford. The work of the American School for the Deaf continues today. Situated on more than 50 acres, this residential campus offers a range of educational programming for deaf and hearing-impaired students ages Emily E.
Gifford is an independent historian specializing in the history of religion and social movements in the United States. By Emily E. Gifford Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a Congregationalist minister, is acclaimed today for his role in pioneering education for the deaf in the United States and establishing the American School for the Deaf in Connecticut. Traveling Minister Finds a New Mission After graduating with a distinguished record, Gallaudet tried his hand at law, working for a prominent firm in Hartford, but poor health forced him to resign.
Gallaudet, Edward Miner. New York: H. Holt and Company, Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins. Boston, MA: H.
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