Helen Keller: The Story Of My Life

"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming" said Helen Keller, a woman who faced many obstacles in her life ("Fun"). Most people don't dedicate their lives to help others, especially if they have disabilities themselves, but Helen Keller is a different story. At 19 months old, Helen Keller was diagnosed with a disease that led her to be deaf and blind. A true hero is someone who is dedicated to help others in need no matter the circumstances/struggle he or she faces, never gives up, and is an inspiration for others. Helen Keller is a hero because she overcame the struggle of being deaf and blind by never giving up, dedicated her life to help others, and made change in the world despite her disabilities.

On June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Helen Adams Keller came into the world. She was struck by an illness when she was only 19 months old that left her both blind, and deaf. There were several different illnesses that it may have been but the exact one will never be known. Not being able to communicate very well really started to frustrate Helen. When she was seven her parents decided she needed help. Determined to find help the Keller family took her to a specialist and eventually was hooked up with Anne Sullivan. Anne was a graduate of Perkins Institution for the blind. She was now a part of Helen's life for good!

Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind woman to achieve so many goals in her life despite her disabilities. Keller was considered to be a leading figure of the 20th century. She is best known for all her accomplishments. Keller was the most powerful blind and deaf advocate of her time. She transformed the way others viewed handicapped people. In Helen Keller’s later years, she attended Radcliffe College (perkins.org).

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Fanny Crosby was born on March 24,1820 as Frances JaneCrosby, born to John and Mercy Crosby.As a child Franny lost hersight at the age of six weeks old to an eye infection and medicalignorance.Nevertheless she grew up a happy child.When she was twoher father died, and her mother had to find work as a maid, so herChristian grandmother raised her.When she was eight years old, sheand her family moved to Ridgefeild, Connectiut and remained there forfour years.When she was fifteen years old, she started attending theNew York Institution for the Blind.In eighteen fourty-seven shebecame a teacher in the institution and continued teaching for elevenyears.She ended up teaching English, grammer, rethoric, Roman andAmerican history.During a year long vacation in North Reading, Massachusetts.Shewrote many songs for the teacher of music in the institution,Dr.Geo.

The begin of the books starts to talk about famous people that most people would know about based on history. People like Helen Keller and Woodrow Wilson were just used as a image of “ heroification,”to overall show that anybody can do what they want through sheer will what can be overcame. However many textbooks overlook the fact that they had a bigger impact much more to their community and the world. The reason most textbooks do this is because they did things that may come off as not being the hero that everyone can relate to so they cut out the other parts of their lives that some people look down upon. For example Helen Keller was a huge part of the women's suffrage movement, and she was also a radical socialist which some people don’t

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