Beth Slingerland was an educator[1] who developed a classroom adaptation of the Orton-Gillingham system for teaching dyslexic children.
While in Hawaii, she worked with Anna Gillingham and Bessie Stillman on a multisensory method to help dyslexics learn to read.
[12] Slingerhand's work in the field of dyslexia included advocating for increased funding to support training and teaching the methods needed for dyslexic children.
She witnessed these attacks from her home in the hills above the harbor, and described the scene she saw in a detailed letter to her mother and father.
[14] Throughout the letter, she describes with time stamps: the sounds of guns, smoke rolling over the hills, and her worries for her husband.