Illustration of Fanny Tunison in the September 29, 1900, edition of The Brooklyn Daily Times. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Fanny Tunison of Sag Harbor, New York, (September 1867 – March 1944) made a living sewing, painting, drawing, and embroidering. But unlike other women who may have done similar work, she did it all without the use of her hands. Paralyzed from the neck down since infancy, Tunison learned to use her tongue to accomplish tasks that most people couldn’t imagine doing without their fingers. Seated in a specially constructed chair built by her carpenter father, she wor
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