Alexander Graham Bell Love Life

While working for Gardiner Hubbard with the help of Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell still found a way to love. With all these pressures and responsibilities, Alexander Graham Bell found time to fall in love.  Alexander Graham Bell was head over heels in love.

Who was Alexander Graham Bell in love with?

The object of his affections was Mabel Hubbard, the deaf girl who was the daughter of his financial backer. Mabel wasn't exactly swept off her feet by Alexander Graham Bell. She said later:

"He was tall and dark, with jet black hair and eyes, but dressed badly and carelessly in an old-fashioned suit of black broadcloth, making his hair look shiny, and altogether, to one accustomed to the dainty neatness of Harvard students, he seemed hardly a gentleman."

Affection between Alexander Graham Bell and Mabel Hubbard

Mabel Hubbard remained Alexander Graham Bell 's student and over the months they developed a deep affection for each other. She began to admire his gentle and encouraging manner and he, ever the connoisseur of sound, was especially partial to the sweet, melodious tones of her voice. Alexander Graham Bell and Mabel Hubbard began to go on outings together and Alexander Graham Bell began to realize that he had found the woman he wanted to marry. Mabel however was only 17, and her parents asked Alexander Graham Bell to keep his feelings secret for one more year. Alexander Graham Bell plunged himself into his work in an attempt to take his mind off her, but it was an attempt that failed.

Alexander Graham Bell wanting to marry Mabel Hubbard

Unable to work, unable to sleep, Alexander Graham Bell finally wrote to Mabel in Nantucket, where she was spending the summer, and told her how he felt. When Mabel's mother found out, she began to realize the intensity of Alexander Graham Bell 's feelings and finally she relented. She put the decision in the hands of her daughter.

The mother was won over, but now Alexander Graham Bell had to convince the father - and the father was already annoyed with him. Hubbard was growing more and more irritated with the time Alexander Graham Bell 's teaching took away from his work on the telegraph. He gave him an ultimatum: give up teaching or give up my daughter, and give up my backing on the telegraph. Alexander Graham Bell was enraged. He told Hubbard he was dedicated to the profession of teaching, that the deaf children needed him, and that, furthermore, it was unjust to go back on an agreement.

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