Exploring Disability History with 'Story of a Short Life' by Juliana Horatia Ewing (1882)

Exploring Disability History with 'Story of a Short Life' by Juliana Horatia Ewing (1882)

Baldwin Children's Literature Collection

08/11/2019 9:40PM

Episode Synopsis "Exploring Disability History with 'Story of a Short Life' by Juliana Horatia Ewing (1882)"

Listen to an excerpt of a famous but now often-forgotten Victorian children's novel, Ewing's 'Story of a Short Life,' about a boy who uses a wheelchair. You may be surprised how this single book helped change history in England and beyond. 

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