She witnessed the Civil War and World War 1 in the US.

Her work encouraged preserving the California Redwoods, rather than cutting them all down and turning them into furniture.

She developed sewage treatment options, which have saved millions of lives over the years.

It is relevant today, as any social ill can be recognized as tearing both the individual, and the family, apart. That river.

Thanks to Laura Dewey Bridgeman, some people began to recognize that deafblind could be active members of society. 

She learned everything she could. At the time, like many young women, she balanced art, music, and dance, with the available book learning