Tuscumbia

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller said these words because she was blind and deaf, therefore she could only feel things. So while other people was seeing the beauty of the world Helen was feeling the beauty of the world.Helen Keller was born June 27, 1880 in Tuscmbia,AL. Helen Keller is considered one of the leading figures in the twentieth century. She lost both her vision and hearing when she was 19…

felt with the heart” Helen was most deaf & blind people's inspiration she encouraged them that they could do more, better, anything everyone else could do it's just more work to succeed things you want in life. Helen was born on june 27,1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She was a family of oldest of two sisters and two older step brothers. Growing up…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Helen Keller was an author, lecturer, and crusader for the handicapped. Born physically normal in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Keller lost her sight and hearing at the age of nineteen months to an illness now believed to have been scarlet fever. Through her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan’s extraordinary instruction, the little girl learned to understand and communicate with the world around her. She went on to acquire an excellent education and to become an important influence on the…

“Hello, unfortunately, Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan cannot come to the phone right now. As lovers of travel and meeting others, one can probably find them somewhere in Europe or maybe the United States. Most likely, Helen probably has some sort of exciting meeting with the Queen of England, Alexander Graham Bell, or Clara Barton. Anyway, please leave a name and number after the beep. Also, if the person on the other end possesses the name of “Mark Twain”, please no cursing.” Strengths…

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…

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…

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 Tuscumbia, Alabama and lived on a homestead, that Ivy Green, Helen's grandfather had built years earlier. She had two other siblings, Mildred Campbell and Phillip Brooks Keller, and two older half-brothers. Helen Keller was born able to see and hear, but…

Helen Keller was a blind and deaf woman who was born and lived in Tuscumbia Alabama. She was born in 1880 and died in 1968. Keller was considered one of the world’s leading humanitarians and was a famous author and activist. Her experiences from a small baby helped shape the person Helen Keller would later become. She was motivated by these experiences to make a difference for others. Her accomplishments are historically important because they have become a model for others with disabilities.…

A hero is a person who is admired for bravado, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Helen Keller is a woman who was struck with a ‘brain disease’ when she was an adolescent and became blind, deaf, and mute (Helen Keller Biography). Odysseus is a fictional character in the Odyssey, who was deserted on an island by Zeus after making the great god feel inferior. Both are heroes who have gone through extraordinary expeditions, which we call the heroes journeys. A hero’s journey is when…

There were many chances for Helen to just give up, but did she? No. She lost her sight and her hearing and never gave up, so why should you? Helen Keller was just 19 months old when she lost her sight and ability to hear. Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27,1880. She had one sister, one brother, two older stepbrothers, and a loving mother and father for a family. In 1986 she attended the Cambridge school for young ladies, a preparatory school for women. There was just a…