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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). When Helen Keller was only 19 months old, she lost both

One evening on August 8 1840 in Seattle WA a girl named Meredith Grey was born. She was just an ordinary girl. Or at least that's what they all thought. This is the story of how the ordinary Meredith became Meredith the Medical Miracle. It was a normal day in the city of Seattle. Meredith and her friends were outside playing a game of tag. All the sudden it began to rain just like every other day in Seattle. Meredith wasn't thinking and began to run in the rain. While running she fell on her

In the play The Miracle Worker the main characters Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan both go through tremendous character development. Helen, in particular, becomes a whole new person practically, a better version of herself. Without the help of her devoted teacher Annie, Helen would have stayed the overindulged uneducated little girl; instead of blossoming into the knowledge hungry beaming young women. In the beginning of the play, Helen was in the dark, all jokes aside, about numerous of things

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

Born on June 27th 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, with full hearing and sight. In February of 1882, she became ill, and lost her vision and hearing. Helen became a troublesome child with extreme tantrums, they were led Alexander Graham Bell who suggested that the family write to Michael Anagnos, director of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind, and request that he try to find a teacher for Helen.Anagnos recommended a former pupil of the institution, Anne Sullivan. In 1894

Why the World Needs Heroes Sister Helen Prejean is a Roman Catholic nun that is member of the Congregation of St. Joseph, as well as an advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. Prejean is not only a hero for the accused that have no voice, but many members of the catholic church

The first similarity is that they both had challenges in their life, Helen was blind and deaf, and Albert Einstein had autistic behavior resulting in him struggling in school. Secondly, both heroes had a great impact on society. Albert Einstein, an intelligent man of his time, dedicated his life to learning and creating equations to make peoples judgment more rational when it came to physics and won a Nobel Prize doing so. Helen Keller was a human-rights activist for the blind and deaf and fought

Who is Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes ? Martha was born on September 11,1890 in Washington D.C. Daughter of Dr. William S. Lofton who was a well known black dentist and her mother Lavinia Day Lofton who was a kindergarten teacher, also an active member of the church. Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes was know for being the first African American Woman to receive a Ph. D. in Mathematics. Martha graduated high school from Washington's Miner Normal School in 1909. In 1914, , she received a B.A

Regina Olsen Hughes was born on February 1, 1895 in Herman, Nebraska. She got scarlet fever as a child and gradually started to lose her hearing. By the time she was 14 her hearing was completely gone. Her parents were Johana and Gilbert Hughes. She used to spend her childhood drawing plants and flowers. Her love for plants was so great that used to spend the money her parents gave her for ice cream on plant seeds. When she was young girl she has a tutor who nourished her love for drawing and plants

Helen Keller’s acts influenced the disabled. Even while being disabled she was still able to achieve her goals. She was born on June 27th, 1880 as a healthy baby and over time developed a sickness which caused her to lose her hearing and seeing, but this did blind. She stop her from exploring the world. Her parents cared much about Helen, they called every teacher or school possible to help Helen get through this sickness. Until they found a teacher that was top rated, Anne Sullivan. She came to