Susan B. Merwin

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Susan B. Merwin
A sepia-toned photograph of a white woman, her dark hair parted center and dressed back; she is wearing a loose-fitting white dress with a v-neck and long sleeves, with a small pendant. She is holding a book in her hands.
Susan B. Merwin, photographed in 1916; photo appeared with her 1923 obituary in the Outlook for the Blind magazine.
Born
Susan Buckingham Merwin

(1874-11-21)November 21, 1874
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedMay 6, 1923(1923-05-06) (aged 48)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
OccupationsEducator, publisher, superintendent
Years active1895-1923
Known forSuperintendent of the Kentucky School for the Blind and of the American Printing House for the Blind

Susan Buckingham Merwin (November 21, 1874 – May 6, 1923) was an American educator, publisher, and superintendent of the Kentucky School for the Blind.

Early life

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Merwin was born in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the five children of Samuel Miles Merwin and Mary Irvine Merwin.[1] Her father was from Connecticut,[2] and her mother was from Pennsylvania. She attended Girls' High School in Louisville, and trained in the city's normal school to become a teacher.[3]

Career

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Merwin taught at the Kentucky School for the Blind beginning in 1895,[4] and was superintendent of the school from 1913 to her death in 1923. She was the second woman in the United States to become superintendent of a state school for the blind.[5] She started Boy Scout[6] and Girl Scout troops at the school,[1] and wrote articles about the school's work.[7] She was elected vice-president of the American Association of Instructors of the Blind in 1915. She also served as president of the Louisville Council of Social Workers.[1]

Beginning in 1919, Merwin was also secretary of the American Printing House for the Blind,[8] and associate editor of the national magazine Outlook for the Blind.[9] She served on the Commission on Uniform Type for the Blind.[10] She testified before a Congressional committee in 1920, explaining the work of the American Printing House for the Blind, and its need for federal funding.[11]

Personal life

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Merwin died in 1923, from pneumonia and influenza, aged 48 years, in Louisville.[12][13][3]

References

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