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• March 24 - Fanny Crosby - American blind lyricist and political lobbyist. Crosby was best known for the over 9,000 Protestant Christian hymns that she wrote. She was also a lobbyist for the education of the blind and a teacher at the New York Institute for the Blind, now known as the New York Institute for Special Education.^[1]

References

1. ↑ "Fanny Crosby:American Hymn Writer and Poetess]." New York Institute for Special Education. Accessed on March 18, 2008.