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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

thanks to you," Helen told Annie her teacher. As an infant she could see and hear, but by the age of two, due to an illness, she no longer could. Helen Keller is considered to be a hero among many people. She has had a lasting effect on everyone with disabilities and everyone else. Her history and background are different from everyone else, she has many obsticles that she overcame and became her accomplishments, and her legacy, she left behind is still important for everyone to hear. Helen Keller has

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

The leader i chose from the twentieth century is Helen Keller. Helen Keller was an american educator, one of the 20th century’s leading humanitarians and also a co-founder of the ACLU and she was able to accomplish all these things even with a setback of being blind and deaf since the age of two. Helen was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Growing up she had a teacher named Anne Sullivan and then later on began speech classes at the Horace Mann School for the deaf along with a couple different

Helen Keller Helen Keller Early life and family Helen was born as a healthy, seeing and hearing child on 27th June 1880 in Tuscumbia. Her parents were Kate Keller and Colonel Keller. When Helen was 19 months old, she became deaf and blind as a result of scarlet fever. As she grew from infancy into childhood, she became unruly and often lashed out in anger at her inability to communicate and and comprehend the world around her. Annie Sullivan and her influence on Helen When Helen was 6 years old

SULLIVAN - ___________________________ HELEN KELLER - ________________________ SCRIPT: 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. (Helen is two years old.  Mrs. Keller enters the bedroom) MRS. KELLER: Helen, wake up, sweety!.  It’s a beautiful day!. (she tries to wake her up, but Helen doesn’t open her eyes. Mrs. Keller

able to see or hear anything. Now, imagine your whole life being this way. This is how Helen Keller lived since the age of 19 months. Despite these challenges, she was determined to live to the fullest. Helen Keller was a determined and intelligent woman who faced tremendous adversity due to her disabilities. She was able to accomplish as much as the average person if not more. With all the difficulties Helen Keller had to face, she proved her intelligence in various ways. The beginning of it all

world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.” This inspirational quote was stated by Helen Keller, the deaf and blind women who acquired these handicaps at the age of only one and a half years old. At six years of age, teacher and mentor Anne Sullivan helped her learn the English language; and moved on to help Keller learn to speak. All through this journey, Helen Keller’s parents—Kate and Arthur Keller—as well as step-brother James and other family members influenced this

Born deaf and blind, the author Helen Keller once said, “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken, the mentally tough Louis Zamperini breathed these words when he survived what no other man would want to experience, his World War II bomber crashing into the Pacific Ocean and was stranded adrift on a raft for forty-seven days

Helen Keller in her autobiography “The Story of my Life” talks about her struggles of being both blind and deaf and how she has overcome those barriers in her life to find new light in her dark world. Keller utilizes pathos, imagery, and perspective to show her audience what it’s like to live the way she does. Keller’s purpose is to show others her difficulties being disabled and to shed light on others and to give them hope that their own battles can be won, no matter the difficulty. Keller delivers