What Were Helen Keller's Accomplishments

Helen Keller was a blind and deaf girl from Tuscumbia Alabama. Helen was blind and deaf from the age of nineteen months. When Helen was a child, she was out of control and acted animal-like. Helen was set up to be unsuccessful in the conditions that she was under as a child. At the age of five, Annie Sullivan came to Helen's home in Alabama. Annie taught and mentored Helen throughout her life. Annie helped set Helen up for success in her future. Helen Keller made an abundance of great accomplishments. She wrote many books about her life as a blind and deaf person and even went to Radcliffe College. These were huge accomplishments for someone who suffered from her disability. Helen Keller became an extremely successful author, college graduate, and advocate for the blind and deaf even with her numerous disabilities and setbacks. …show more content…
She wrote eight successful books and many articles (Helen Adams Keller 2). In the article it states, “Keller wrote a number of well-received books” (Helen Adams Keller 2). Helen wrote her first successful book in 1902 titled The Story of My Life (Helen Adams Keller 2). The Story of My Life was written when Helen was only twenty-two years old. It is astounding how Helen was able to learn to read and write books at such a young age considering she was not able to see or hear. Helen wrote the book Teacher which she dedicated to her lifelong teacher, Annie Sullivan (Marlow 238). Helen was mentally gifted and highly intelligent. Even though Helen Keller was blind and deaf, she was a well-respected and successful