Helen Keller

Helen Adams Keller was born on 27th June 1880. She was an american author and also she was a lecturer, and a political activist. She was born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama which is now a museum. Her birthday is celebrated as the “Helen Keller Day” in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. She was the first person who even after being blind and deaf earned a degree of bachelors in arts. The story behind how Keller’s teacher Anne Sullivan helped her to learn how to communicate is widely known by the play and film “The

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched-they must be felt with the heart.”(Helen Keller) Helen Keller was born a healthy child on June 27th 1880. She was exceptionally smart for her age, she was starting to speak at only six months old and walk by her first birthday. At one year and seven months old she became very ill and the doctors told her family she had acute congestion of the stomach and brain. “I was still too young to realize what had happened. When

Helen keller was born on June 27, 1881; nine months later she became ill and lost her sight and her hearing (“history.com”). Until Anne Sullivan came to help her when she was six years old; Helen controlled her house and her family, screaming to get what she wanted and doing whatever she wanted (“biogragpy.com editors”). She had her family in the palm of her hand, they would do anything that she pleased (“Dash”). When Anne came to the house, she had no idea what she was in for, she was trying to

Helen Keller was a social activist throughout the late 1800s and much of the 1900s for the deaf and blind. She went blind and deaf at a young age from a disease but learned how to communicate with the world. She went to Horace Mann School for the Deaf, Wright-Humason School for the Deaf, and Cambridge School for Young Ladies for college. On June 23, 1953, Keller gave a speech at the National University of Mexico to promote rights for the blind specifically. Helen Keller effectively convinces her

HELEN KELLER AN IDOL TO DEAF PEOPLE? Rona M. Stanley HIS 331: History of the American Deaf Community December 1, 2013 As children, many of us watched “The Miracle Worker,” the movie that showcased Helen Keller as a deaf blind child in need of communication. Through the movie, we came to admire and sympathize for this character as the movie portrays her perseverance to overcome her disabilities instead of resigning to them. The love and bond between her and her teacher, Anne Sullivan,

Balyan 01 Introduction Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist and a lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing to blossom into the exemplary system of bravery, has been widely shown and known through the dramatizations of the play and film, The miracle worker. She

Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27th, 1880 to Arthur H. Keller and Katherine Adams Keller. She was born with her sight and hearing senses, but contracted “brain fever” when she was 18 months, which subsequently caused her to lose her sight and hearing. Her mother noticed, a few days after Keller’s fever broke, that she no longer responded to the dinner bell, or when a hand was waved in front of her face. As Keller got older, she and a friend, Martha Washington, the younger daughter of the family

Helen Keller was born on June 27,1880, in a small town Tuscambia in the sate of Alabama. She was born to Arthur H. Keller who was an editor for the Tuscambia “North Alambamian”. He had served as a soldier for the Confederate Army. Helen Keller's mother, Kate Adams, was the daughter of Charles W. Adams. A soldier who had fought for the Confederate Army during the American Civil war. When Helen was born she was a perfectly normal child, with all her senses. When she was 19 months old she was

Helen Keller, age 87, born on June 27,1880, in Alabama, and died on June 1, 1968 in, Westport, Connecticut. She was a woman who dealt with many difficult things in her lifetime. At just the age of nineteen months old she was blind and deaf. She was such a kind hearted person, and will never be forgotten. Family is mom, Kate Adams Keller, father, Arthur H. Keller, along with brothers, James, William, Phillips, and sister, Mildred, and good friend, Anne Sullivan. She was a woman of many talents. Although

Helen Keller was deaf and blind, but learned to overcome obstacles and inspire many. She inspires people to try their hardest at everything they do, and they will go far. She inspires people to believe in miracles and having faith in yourself that you can do whatever you put your mind to. Helen Keller should be in our history books because of her education, successful career, and inspiration to others. Once Helen learns to overcome her obstacles she wants to learn everything that she can. At nineteen