Princess Alexandrine of Prussia - Hope for Peace

When I am brainstorming post ideas, I often search for "famous people with _____." In this case, I wanted to know more about Down Syndrome. Because so many people with this were put into institutions and never spoken of again, it can be very difficult to find these stories. Every so often, though, an influential family had a child with Down Syndrome and chose to/had the resources to care for them at home. This is the case with our story today.

Alexandrine as a toddler

 

Anne de Gaulle - A Father's Love

This first story is the one that motivated me to create this blog. I have a mental list of "historical figures you didn't know had disabilities/had children with disabilities" that has accumulated over the years. It gets added to with modern celebrities that, no matter how their popularity ebbs and flows, will always be impacted by the disability in their own life or their family's. I learned about this young woman on Reddit just last night and, since then, my research wheels have been whirring.

Anne and her father on a beach in Brittany, 1933