User:Kaciemonster/Juliette Gordon Low

Hearing loss
In January 1885, Gordon Low went to the doctor to with an earache, and suffered complications from the silver nitrate used to treat it. It caused permanent damage, and she became hearing impaired as a result. A grain of rice thrown at the wedding became lodged in Gordon Low’s ear. It caused complications when it was removed, and by May 1887 she was partially deaf in both ears. To compensate for her hearing loss, Gordon Low relied on lip reading. She also investigated different treatments for her hearing loss, including hearing aids.

Spanish-American War
In 1898, Gordon Low’s father was asked by President McKinley to serve in the Spanish-American War as a brigadier general, which he accepted. Gordon Low traveled to Florida to meet up with her parents while her father was training the troops. Due to overcrowding and poor living conditions, many men became ill and the camp hospital couldn’t accommodate more people. Gordon Low and her mother opened up a convalescent hospital to help alleviate the overcrowding problems, and she helped care for many of the men herself until the war ended a few weeks later.