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Mary L. Day
b. 1836
Best known for a vivid memoir about growing up blind in 19th-century America, this little-known writer offers a rare first-person view of disability, education, and everyday resilience. Her story is personal and direct, with the kind of detail that makes another century feel close.
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The World As I Have Found It
by Mary L. Day
About the author
Born in 1836, Mary L. Day is remembered for Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl, first published in 1859. The book draws on her own experiences and identifies her as a graduate of the Maryland Institution for the Blind.
Day lost her sight in childhood and wrote about family life, schooling, and the social barriers she faced as a blind young woman. Because firsthand accounts like hers are uncommon, her memoir remains an important window into disability, education, and women’s lives in 19th-century America.
A portrait engraving of Day appeared with her memoir, helping preserve the public image of an author whose life is otherwise only lightly documented online.