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Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Keller contracted "brain fever" at the age of nineteen months, and this resulted in the loss of her vision and hearing. Helen's mother then hired Anne Sullivan to communicate, where she was unruly and defiant. The turning point for Helen, was when Sullivan taught her the word "water" which helped make the connection between the word and the water pump. Helen was determined to have a higher education, she went to Horace Mann School for the Deaf, and eventually went to Cambridge School for Young Ladies. Helen Keller passed away on June 1, 1968 at the age of eighty seven years old (Biography.com Editors). Helen Keller was a driven and remarkable woman, who has forever changed the special needs…

Helen Keller lived an extraordinary and wonderful life. She never gave up on anything in life, and she always kept trying. In the book, Helen Keller: A Determined Life, Helen stated, “We can do anything we want to do, if we stick to it long enough.” All Helen wanted was to live a normal life, and to have no one think less of her. We should all try to emulate her example of determination and dedication. She is an excellent role model to anyone who thinks they should give up or stop trying. She is…

Helen Keller, a woman who at a very young age, had to adapt to a whole new way of life, and no one around her knew about it.” Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880,” Helen was a healthy newborn until the age of “nineteen months” when she developed an illness which led to the loss of her sight and hearing. Because of this, her parents didn’t know what the next step to take was so she could be led down the right path. Eventually they found a woman named Anne Sullivan who could potentially…

obedience. With Sullivan’s devoted, creative, and stubborn help, Helen Keller rediscovered the concept that concrete things are associated with linguistic symbols (Williams). As her life continued learning everything in a different way of others, she made it further than she ever thought she would. Fresh out of college, Helen Keller completed her education and could now focus her energy on different pursuits. While Helen Keller was still a schoolgirl, she began her lifelong career of…

plan had become more complex than the plot that was drafted by himself and president Davis, thus requiring more meticulous operational preparedness from hood. Lt. Gen hood strategic goal was to get to Nashville to aid general Robert lee’s army at Virginia, by tactically taking advantage of the current position of the union forces to engage them separately, before they could converge with Thomas at Nashville. Hood planned to march to Tuscumbia so as to wait for supplies and Forest cavalry to…

Can you imagine a world with no sound? Nothing to see either? Helen Kellers world was like this for most of her life. Yet Helen Keller was an inspirational woman through out her entire life, despite her disabilities. Most of it due to her hard work and dedication to others with disabilities. Helen Keller's first few years shaped the rest of her life to what it was, and it wasn't the best few years. Helen Adam Keller was born July 27,1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her parents, Kate &…

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…

Idania Meza It all started on March 3rd, 1887. I was about 6 years old when Sullivan came to my small town of Tuscumbia. She was a graduate from Perkins school for the Blind. I want to say she was about 20 years old when she came. Sullivan taught me a lot of things and I remember she started teaching me right away. Sullivan started by teaching me to spell with my fingers. The first word she started with was doll. When Sullivan first started teaching me, I was cooperative, but after a while, I…

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…

Her dad was originally married to Catherine Everett and had two sons James and Simpsons Keller. Then he remarried to Kate Adams Keller. After Helen was born she had two younger siblings Mildred and Philip Brooks Keller. When Helen was six she knocked baby Mildred out of the cradle. That’s when her parents realized that they needed someone to help Helen. Helen Keller was born June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. When Helen Keller was six months old she could say a few words. When Helen Keller…