Helen Keller Accomplishments

Helen Keller has taught the entire nation that it is possible to overcome obstacles and obtain goals. At the age of nineteen months, she was stricken by an illness called “brain fever”, that left her blind and deaf. It is evident that Keller lived a strenuous life, but along the way she managed to establish the American Civil Liberties Union and received many honors in recognition of her accomplishments. The fact that a blind and deaf woman accomplished so many achievements over the course of her lifetime and is known as one of the most memorable women alive, simply amazes me. Although our lives do not necessarily alline, I hope to be as successful as Helen Keller was and overcome any obstacles that come my way.

If most people heard the name Helen Keller, they would think of that poor girl who was deaf and blind. They would think of her and remember the stories they heard about how she was taught how to communicate by a teacher named Anne Sullivan. That is probably all they would think about her. How she was world famous because of how she learned to read through Braille, letters pressed into her hand, and how she eventually learned to speak, however, this is not all there is to Helen Keller.

Clara Barton is more than people think as she accomplished many things at a young start. Clara Barton was born December 15, 1821, in Oxford, Massachusetts, and died April 12, 1912, in Glen Echo, Maryland. Clara Barton was home taught but began to teach at a young age. Clara Barton even wrote a few books. History of the Red Cross which was published in 1882, The Red Cross in Peace and War which came out in 1899, and The Story of My Childhood came about in 1907 are a few examples (“Clara Barton”). Evidently, before Clara Barton’s major marks on history she was young and good-hearted from the start.

Anne Sullivan was born on Saturday, April 14, 1866 in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. Anne grew up in a poor household with her two other siblings and her mother and father. . When Anne was only five years of age, she contracted trachoma, an eye disease. Her mother, Alice, suffered from tuberculosis and unfortunately died when Anne was eight years old. Her abusive father, Thomas, left Anne and her siblings after the death of his wife, thus leaving forcing Anne and one of her brothers to Tewksbury Almshouse. Tewksbury Almshouse was very run down and dirty which eventually led to Anne brother’s death a few months after their arrival. While Anne was at Tewksbury, she gained an interest in schools for the blind and was persistent in gaining an education and escaping poverty.

Helen Adams Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, 1880. McGinnity, Seymour-Ford, & Andries, 2004 Her parents were Arthur Keller and Kate Adams Keller.American Foundation for the Blind, 2016 Arthur Keller retired as a captain in the Confederate Army and became the editor of the North Alabamian.Nielsen, K. E. (2007). The Southern Ties of Helen Keller. The Journal of Southern History, 73(4), 783. doi:10.2307/27649568 Kate Adams Keller grew up in Memphis and cared for the young Helen when she became seriously sick at 19 months old, leaving Helen deaf and blind.American Foundation for the Blind, 2016 Her mother pursued Dr. J. Julian Chisolm who referred the family to Alexander Graham Bell.

Helen Keller stood up for people with disabilities by traveling around the world and giving them a voice. Later, she went to talk to the government about making more books for the blind. Eventually, the government listened to her and made more books. Helen Keller became blind, deaf, and wasn't able to speak. After college, she had decided to be a lecturer and a writer even though Anne, witch is Helen's instructor, and the others said she would be a good teacher and pass on what Anne taught her. This article will discuss information about Helen Keller and information about the problems she stood up against. The second paragraph will discuss things that she did to take a stand. The third paragraph will discuss how things changed for the better because of the hard work that Helen Keller did and how the world looks different thanks to what she did.

Annie Sullivan was more than just a teacher to Helen Keller. Annie was Helen's eyes an ears. Without Annie, Helen never would have learned that things have names, or been able to communicate with the outside world. Some people say that teaching Helen was impossible, as none had ever done it before. Annie was a very good teacher for Helen, as Annie was once blind herself, so she understands what it is like not being able to see. Annie uses three things to teach Helen how to communicate with everyone else. Annie has youth, persuasion, and patience.

Helen Keller has a very interesting history. She overcame many things as a child. She was born with her sight and hearing. Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia,

Helen went to other schools and got help and she knew what many things were and she wrote books and essays. Helen attended the Cambridge School for Young Ladies in 1896. It was a prep school. During this time she met Mark Twain and became friends with him. Mark Twain introduced Helen to Henry H. Rogers, an executive at Standard Oil. He was so impressed by Helen that he agreed to pay for her education at Radcliffe College. Helen attended these schools to get help and to help other people out also. Helen was a inspiration and impressed many people throughout her life. Helen Keller was a founding member of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. This was the first agency to provide services to the blind. Helen was a member of Massachusetts it was the first blind agency. Helen made many accomplishments in her life. She helped many people and that only happen because her mom Kate got the help she

After a long search for teachers with the ability to help Keller, her parents found Anna Sullivan:“Sullivan went to Keller's home in Alabama...She began by teaching six year-old Helen finger spelling, starting with the word "doll,"...When Keller did cooperate, Sullivan could tell that she wasn't making the connection between the objects and the letters spelled”(“Helen”). When Sullivan first arrived she tried to teach Keller her first method of fluent communication, but not understanding what Sullivan tried teaching to her made the situation frustrating for both of them. Sullivan created a revolutionary new path in education, because no teacher had ever tried to educate a blind and deaf individual. Sullivan and Keller moved to a cottage on the plantation, so Keller could concentrate on learning: “Sullivan moved the lever to flush cool water over Keller's hand, she spelled out the word w-a-t-e-r on Helen's other hand”(“Helen”). Learning the word water through Sullivan’s exquisite guidance was the start to Keller’s extraordinary life, and the incredible relationship between teacher and student. Sullivan’s brilliant teaching methods allowed Keller to grow and become an incredible epic hero.

On June 27, 1880, a girl named  Helen Adams Keller, a very well-knowned writer, was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama,   in a white, frame cottage called “Ivy Green.” Her parents were captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adams Keller.

From a young age Helen Keller wanted to defeat the odds of being a hero and being deaf

Helen Keller continued to encourage people through her speeches and appearances, while giving numerous people inspiration. One of her great appearances was when she spoke out before Congress about improving the welfare of blind people. She was extremely brave to speak up to millions of people even though she had poorer communication skills compared to an average person. Even though she struggled severely to build up her social skills with the help of her educator, Anne Sullivan, she had the courage to share her progress with the whole world. Helen Keller had also wanted to make sure that the disadvantaged would get the help they needed showing her devotion towards helping people that are in her same

Helen Adams Keller was born in the small town of Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1880. When she was nineteen months old she was diagnosed with scarlet fever, which left her blind and deaf for the

Anne Sullivan became a teacher after facing learning difficulties, she was sent to the Perkins School for the blind, after finding out as a child she was forming blindness at the age of four. Anne was top of her class and was taught by the best teachers at that school. With their strict and disciplined way of teaching in the classroom she wanted to take that style and use it to help others. One of her students was a child born deaf and blind; Helen Keller’s family had a struggle finding answers, until they stumbled upon The Perkins School seeking help for Helen. Sullivan