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Jun 5, 2024 · Founded in 1915, Helen Keller International is dedicated to saving the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition by establishing programs based on evidence and research in vision, health and nutrition.
2 hours ago · Helen Keller’s birthday is actually June 27, meaning the festival is lined up exactly with her birthday. The Executive Director at Ivy Green said when the Helen Keller Festival is happening right down the road, there is a huge increase of people visiting the house. Sue Pilkilton has worked at Ivy Green for over 50 years.
5 days ago · Helen was born in June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her father, Captain Arthur Keller, had served as a soldier in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. When Helen was born, Arthur Keller was a newspaper editor and plantation owner. Helen's mother, Kate (a cousin of Robert E. Lee), worked on the plantation.
3 days ago · The Helen Keller Festival is once again coming to the birthplace of the Alabama-native in Tuscumbia to honor the state historical figure. Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia on June 27, 1880. She was a Colbert Country native for the first eight years of her life, living on the Ivy Green homestead with her family until 1888.
Jun 15, 2024 · In time, Sullivan opened the door to Keller's understanding of the world from a liberal perspective, and it shaped what Keller wrote and what movements she chose to participate in. Keller's father, Captain Arthur Keller, and her mother, Kate, thought about putting Helen into an educational institution for the blind but resisted for a time because "…of the linkage between educational reformers and abolitionism" (Nielsen, 2007).
5 days ago · The Miracle of Helen Keller. Helen Keller’s birthday is June 27. Born in Tuscumbia, Ala., Keller (1880-1968) was admired worldwide. Though deaf and blind, she learned to speak several languages, authored several books, and starred as herself in the 1919 film “Deliverance,” which is about her challenging personal journey to a successful life.
