Genevieve Caulfield (May 8, 1888 - December 12, 1972) was a blind American teacher, who started a school for blind people in Thailand. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Blindness is the condition of lacking Visual perception due to Physiological or Neurological factors The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj
Born in Suffolk, Virginia, she lost her sight in an accident when she was two months old. Suffolk is an Independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area of eastern Virginia. Since her youth she had dreamed of becoming a teacher to help create a better understanding between Japanese and Americans. Her dream came true in 1923, when she came to Japan, where she taught English for a living as well as Braille to blind students. The Braille system is a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write
In 1938 she opened the Bangkok School for the Blind, partly financed by her own savings, after she learned that blind children were considered useless in Thailand. Resisting repartition during World War II, she stayed in Bangkok and continued to work for her school.
In 1961 she was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding. The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF based in New York City.
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