Presentation on historical heroine- Helen Keller
Helen Keller born June 27, 1880 was an American author,and political activist. However, what makes her different is she was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.[ The life of Helen Keller". Royal National Institute of Blind People. November 20, 2008. Accessed November 9, 2015
] she was born with full sight and hearing, however Helen fell ill from possibly scarlet fever or meningitis. It was after her illness that her mother realised that Helen started to fail to respond and she had become both deaf and blind, aged 18 months[Transversal, Alistair. 2015. 'Who Was Helen Keller? - RNIB - Supporting Blind And Partially Sighted People'. Help.Rnib.Org.Uk. https://help.rnib.org.uk/help/daily-living/helen-keller. …show more content…
2015. 'Helen Keller Biography And Facts'. http://www.perkins.org/history/people/helen-keller.
]Anne had Helen hold one hand under water. Then she spelled "WATER" into Helen's other hand. Immediately, Helen bent down and tapped the ground; Anne spelled "earth." that day, she learned 30 words.[Braillebug.afb.org,. 2015. 'Helen Keller Kids Museum - Helen Keller Biography'. …show more content…
This inspired Helen—she wanted to learn to speak as well. Anne was able to teach Helen to speak using the Tadoma method (touching the lips and throat of others as they speak) combined with "fingerspelling. Later, Keller also learned English, French, German, Greek, and Latin in Braille. In 1888, Helen attended the Perkins School for the Blind and in 1894, Helen and Anne moved to New York City to attend the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf. In 1898, Helen entered The Cambridge School for Young Ladies before gaining admittance, in 1900, to Radcliffe College. In 1904, at the age of 24, Helen graduated from Radcliffe.Helen took many lessons in speech, but unfortunately, she could never master oral communications to her satisfaction. Helen Keller's speech handicap did not stop her as she went on to become a world-famous "speaker" and author. She was a suffragette, a pacifist and a supporter of birth control. In 1915, she founded Helen Keller International, a non-profit organization for preventing blindness. Helen’s mother Kate died in 1921, from an unknown illness, and in that same year Anne fell ill. By 1922, Anne was unable to work with Helen on stage anymore, and Polly Thomson, a secretary for Helen and Anne since 1914, became Helen's assistant. Helen Keller traveled the world over to different 39 countries.When Keller visited Akita Prefecture in Japan in July 1937, She
Helen Keller born June 27, 1880 was an American author,and political activist. However, what makes her different is she was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.[ The life of Helen Keller". Royal National Institute of Blind People. November 20, 2008. Accessed November 9, 2015
] she was born with full sight and hearing, however Helen fell ill from possibly scarlet fever or meningitis. It was after her illness that her mother realised that Helen started to fail to respond and she had become both deaf and blind, aged 18 months[Transversal, Alistair. 2015. 'Who Was Helen Keller? - RNIB - Supporting Blind And Partially Sighted People'. Help.Rnib.Org.Uk. https://help.rnib.org.uk/help/daily-living/helen-keller. …show more content…
2015. 'Helen Keller Biography And Facts'. http://www.perkins.org/history/people/helen-keller.
]Anne had Helen hold one hand under water. Then she spelled "WATER" into Helen's other hand. Immediately, Helen bent down and tapped the ground; Anne spelled "earth." that day, she learned 30 words.[Braillebug.afb.org,. 2015. 'Helen Keller Kids Museum - Helen Keller Biography'. …show more content…
This inspired Helen—she wanted to learn to speak as well. Anne was able to teach Helen to speak using the Tadoma method (touching the lips and throat of others as they speak) combined with "fingerspelling. Later, Keller also learned English, French, German, Greek, and Latin in Braille. In 1888, Helen attended the Perkins School for the Blind and in 1894, Helen and Anne moved to New York City to attend the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf. In 1898, Helen entered The Cambridge School for Young Ladies before gaining admittance, in 1900, to Radcliffe College. In 1904, at the age of 24, Helen graduated from Radcliffe.Helen took many lessons in speech, but unfortunately, she could never master oral communications to her satisfaction. Helen Keller's speech handicap did not stop her as she went on to become a world-famous "speaker" and author. She was a suffragette, a pacifist and a supporter of birth control. In 1915, she founded Helen Keller International, a non-profit organization for preventing blindness. Helen’s mother Kate died in 1921, from an unknown illness, and in that same year Anne fell ill. By 1922, Anne was unable to work with Helen on stage anymore, and Polly Thomson, a secretary for Helen and Anne since 1914, became Helen's assistant. Helen Keller traveled the world over to different 39 countries.When Keller visited Akita Prefecture in Japan in July 1937, She