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Name-sign/nickname: namesign: B-curves-along-right-forehead (like a hat brim). Was given the number 937 as a student at the Deaf school. She was named the Joan of Arc of the Deaf due to her defense of sign language.

Family of origin: Her father was Claude Walser. She was born a fraternal twin (her brother, Leon) and they were the last children in the family. They had two much older brothers, Joseph (who died in infancy) and Henri. Leon died of diphtheria at age 3 ½. Louise became Deaf at age 8.

Schooling: 1892-1899: Attended the National Institution of the Deaf in Bordeaux

Involved with a number of French Deaf organizations including the Committee of the Bicentenary of l’Abbé de l’Epée.

Was also known as a Deaf feminist. It seems that she may have argued for a separate committee of Deaf women to be involved in the preparation of the Bicentenary by mentioning that the first students of l’abbé de l’Epée were Deaf twin sisters—and the Deaf Women are the descendants of these sisters.

She also advocated for a special section of a Deaf sporting organization be for women. During World War I, lived in Puy-en-Velay with her children assisting the local doctor and writing letters for local Deaf people who were illiterate. Note: In the Gazette Des Sourds-Muets (edited by Henri Gaillard—possibly an obituary), Louise was mentioned as having valor in the face of adversity, having great skill as a poet and as being rebellious, a little proud and a bit short tempered. .