Helen Keller was born on June 27, in Tuscumbia. Arthur Keller, a former officer in the Confederate army and Kate Adams were her parents.
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Helen Keller
At the age of 19 months, Helen was stricken with an acute illness, meningitis and she lost her sight and hearing ability due to a high fever.
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell recognized that Helen was exceptionally bright and he urged to find a teacher from the Perkins Institute for the Blind.
Anne Sullivan became her teacher. Helen progressed with language rapidly under Anne’s tutorage.
Helen Keller learnt to read and write in Braille at the Perkins Institution and learned to speak at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf. She studied at the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf, the Cambridge School for Young Ladies and to Radcliffe College.
Mark Twain recognized her great spirit and intelligent despite her deafness and blindness.
Helen enrolled as a regular student in Radcliffe College with the help of Anne Sullivan.
Her first book, her autobiography The Story of My Life was published. She later wrote13 more books.
Helen became the first blind/deaf person to graduate from Radcliffe College.
Helen Keller International (HKI) was founded.
Helen made speeches all over the United States to get peopleto improve education for people who are blind and deaf.
A movie was made about Helen’s life. It won many awards.
Helen Keller suffered from stroke and later retired from public life. She received an award the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon Johnson.
Helen Keller died at the age of 88 years. She was buried at Washington Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
