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    achieved their version of the American Dream. One of those people is a man by the name of Chris Gardner. Chris Gardner was someone who was a single father and lived a very impoverished life. Another person who achieved the American Dream was Helen Keller. Helen Keller is a girl who got a fever when she was young and went permanently deaf, and blind because of it. Finally, another person who successfully achieved the American Dream was Paige Rawl. Paige Rawl is someone who found out that she was…

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    Balyan01 Introduction Helen Adams Keller was an American creator, political dissident and a speaker. She was the primary hard of hearing visually impaired individual to acquire a Bachelor of Arts degree. The account of how Keller's instructor, Anne Sullivan, got through the disconnection forced by a close entire absence of dialect, permitting to bloom into the praiseworthy arrangement of dauntlessness, has been generally appeared and known through the performances of the play and film, The…

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    Another inspiring successful leader is Helen Keller, once she gained language, she gained personal empowerment. After reading Helen Keller’s ”The Day Language Came into My Life”, I realize how much language can offer to life. Helen was struck by an illness at the age of 18 months that left her physically impaired. She was deaf and blind but she overcame that disability and created a meaningful life for herself through language. Helen first learned what language was from her teacher Anne…

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    Helen Keller, one of the most inspiring women in American history, proved to the world that having a disability does not prevent a person from influencing society or being successful. At a young age, Helen Keller was deprived of her sight and hearing, but with the assistance of Anne Sullivan, Helen gained an exceptional education. By having a greater understanding of disabilities, she was able to make her mark on the world by helping the disabled. The efforts of Helen Keller had a positive…

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    The speaker in this address to the New York Association for the Blind is Helen Keller. This speech took place on January 15, 1907. The speech, Helen Keller gave, was about the blind people consequently showing them that they can be strong and not be apart of the weak and poor. Helen wants to show the world that they can be treated as normal humans, not as the weak and poor of this country. Helen starts out by saying that a blind man’s community plays the biggest role in his success or…

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    Helen Keller Plagiarism

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    Guan-Zhong The famous Helen Keller has been accused of plagiarism at the age eleven where she has stolen the writings and ideas of Margaret T. Canby. Helen Keller was born on June, 27, 1880 in…

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    “Helen Keller is fellow to Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, Homer, Shakespeare and of the rest of the immortals . . . She will be as famous a thousand years from now as she is today” (Dorothy Herman 1998). What I think this quote is saying is that along with the other remarkable people she will be remembered for thousands of years. Helen was very important in American History for the changes she made in the world. Joseph P. Lash wrote “While the Keller’s raised almost everything they needed on…

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    The foundation for the work of Helen Keller was established in 1915, with Helen Keller as a founding agent. Helen Keller International (HKI) works to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the world. Its headquarters are situated in New York City. HKI presently offer programs in 21 countries in Africa and Asia, among those which are currently ongoing in the United States. The organization battles the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition.…

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    be a frightening experience for anyone, but for Helen Keller this was a reality. Helen Keller had many accomplishments throughout her life but to understand her accomplishments you need to know some information about Helen Keller. Only then will you be able to grasp how…

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    Helen Keller Homeless

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    Helen Keller said, “No one has ever become poor by giving.” Helen Keller meant that there is no limit on how much you donate to people. We need to raise money to donate to the homeless. The Minnesota Government should raise the taxes so that there will be more organizations against homelessness. Homelessness is caused because there are not enough homeless shelters, the price of assisted living is expensive, and they need to support the veterans when they come back from serving. The number of…

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