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pessimist?” This is a quote by Helen Keller from her essay on optimism. Helen contracted an unknown illness at 19 months that robbed her of both hearing and sight. For years, she could only communicate through a few gestures; no one cared to try to teach or discipline her. Then a woman named Annie Sullivan heard about Helen. She tried tirelessly to teach the child the names of different things, but Helen could not grasp the concept of names. Finally, when Annie ran water over one of Helen’s hands and wrote “water” with her finger into Helen’s other hand, as Annie put it, “the light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil’s mind, and behold, all things are changed.” This began…

Biography of Helen Keller By: Aiden Saldana Helen Adams Keller was an American author and a lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. As an author, Keller was well-traveled and outspoken in her convictions. Helen proved to the world that deaf people could all learn to communicate and that they could survive in the hearing world. She Was also taught that deaf people are capable of doing things that hearing people can do. Helen Keller was born in…

Helen Keller was one of the most inspirational women in American history. She changed the way the world perceived the handicapped and strived to help others. During her lifetime, Keller accomplished what people thought was impossible and stood as a powerful example of how determination can allow an individual to triumph over adversity. Keller was born on June 27th, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She was the first daughter born to Arthur H. Keller and Katherine Adams Keller. Keller's father had…

be like to live in the dark forever without light? Helen Keller was a girl who was deaf and blind. Despite the odds, she overcame her disabilities and became a well known author and speaker. Helen Adams Keller was born a healthy child on June 27, 1880. At 19 months old Helen became deaf and blind from rubella or scarlet fever, also known as brain fever. Helen grew into a wild and unruly child and had many tantrums. Her family thought she should be institutionalized. Helen’s mother…

Helen Keller Helen Keller is one of the most inspiring woman in the blind and deaf community. Becoming blind and deaf at the age of 19 months by an unknown illness, her life was turned around. Although, she didn’t let her difficulties take over. Helen defeated the odds and learned more than anyone could've imagined. She even graduated and decided to inspire others by writing a book about her life. Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 In Tuscumbia, Alabama. Helen had a normal childhood until…

Helen Keller is a hero to many people around the world and especially the disabled community. She was a fighter and did not let her blindness or deafness get in the way of her life and success. She worked hard to overcome her obstacles and then also became an activist. As an activist she helped and influenced disabled people to be courageous like her. She made effort to change the system for disabled people, socially and politically. She proved to the world that being disabled does not mean…

Helen Keller was an educator, journalist, activist, humanitarian, and author. She was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama in the year 1880 and died in 1968 at the age of 87. Helen Keller was not only blind but deaf as well. She went blind, deaf, and mute at eighteen months after becoming ill. At the time, doctors said that Keller contracted an illness called “brain fever.” Now specialists believe that it may have been scarlet fever or meningitis. Although Helen was diagnosed with these disabilities, she…

As posthumous honors, a preschool for the deaf and hard of hearing in Mysore, India, was originally named after Helen Keller by its founder, K. K. Srinivasan. In 1999, Keller was listed in Gallup's Most Widely Admired People of the 20th century. In 2003, Alabama honored its native daughter on its state quarter. The Alabama state quarter is known as the only circulating US coin to feature braille. The Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama is in dedication to her. There are streets named…

separates people from people.”Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. Helen was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, AL to Arthur H. Keller and Kate Adams Keller. Her family lived on a homestead that her grandfather had built. Helen is the sister of Mildred Campbell and Phillip Brooks Keller, and half sister to James and William Simpson Keller who were from her father's first marriage. Helen was…

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…