Rowland Hussey Macy

One of her earliest pieces was The Frost King (1891). At age 22, Keller published her autobiography, The Story of My Life (1903), with help from Sullivan and Sullivan's husband, John Macy. It tells the story of her life up to age 21 and was written during her time in college.Her spiritual autobiography, My Religion, was published in 1927 and then in 1994 extensively revised and re-issued under the title Light in My Darkness. Helen…

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, by Barry Denenberg, is the diary of Bess Brennan. This book is about a young girl that got into a horrible accident that changed her life forever. Bess Brennan, the girl that got into the accident, is now blind. She goes to a school for the blind, and doesn’t like it at first. Eventually she learns to do things for herself since the accident, and her view of the world is much different. The setting takes place at her home and her new school, Perkins School for the…

Helen Keller Disabled Rights Fighter Symbol of triumph, enthusiastic, and overachiever are three words that people think of in connection to Helen Keller. Many people know Helen Keller as a blind and deaf women, but she was so much more. As a member of the American Foundation for the Blind, Helen Keller showed the world that through determination, persistence, and positivity anyone can accomplish more than the usual. She left a legacy as a mute equal rights fighter. Many people did not…

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…

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 was born on June of 1880 from Tuscumbia, Alabama. Helen Keller had a unique perspective about the world and the people around her. Even though Helen Keller lost her hearing and her sight by an illness as a new born child, she never gave up on learning and exploring new things. She figured out what things were by feeling the object. Helen Keller had to learn to communicate with her parents and others by acting out what she needed or wanted. She had a childhood friend, Martha…

Tristin Ludwig Could you imagine a life without color, sound, nor communication? Well that is what life was like for Helen Keller, she was a blind, deaf, and mute child. This turbulent journey all started when Helen got sick with “brain fever”, she was about eighteen months old when this happened. This fascinating story was brought to life in a play called “The Miracle Worker”. It was written by William Gibson in 1956. Six years after the play came out, a movie was released based on the play.…

“ The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - They must be felt with the heart ” - Helen Keller This quote explains that beautiful things are not what's on the outside it's the inside what counts. This quote explains the point Helen Keller was trying to get across because she said blind/deaf people can do anything seeing and hearing people can do. “They must be felt with the heart” Helen was most deaf & blind people's inspiration she encouraged them that…

“Once I knew the depth where no hope was, and darkness lay on the face of all things.… But a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living….Can any one who has escaped such captivity, who has felt the thrill and glory of freedom, be a 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,…

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…