Sue
A tragic story. I have a great great aunt who was born deaf and dumb but wrongly diagnosed as an imbecile. She spent many years in the workhouse but was evidently trained well enough to become a children's nurse. She was released, after her father's death, into the care of a clergyman (her "kinsman") at the age of 39 and took with her a glowing reference about her domestic skills and her great aptitude for dealing with small children.
Her three brothers, who apparently knew nothing of her existence, all did well for themselves and lived a comfortable middle class life.
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