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Born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Keller was the older of two daughters of Arthur H. Keller, a farmer, newspaper editor, and Confederate Army veteran, and his second wife Katherine Adams Keller, an educated woman from Memphis. Several months before Helen’s second birthday, a serious illness – possibly meningitis or scarlet fever ...
Lived: 1880-1968. Born: Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA. Known for: A writer who confounded attitudes by proving her disability was not debilitating. Writer, journalist, activist, ambassador, deaf, blind ...
Aug 20, 2019 · Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880–June 1, 1968) was a groundbreaking exemplar and advocate for the blind and deaf communities. Blind and deaf from a nearly fatal illness at 19 months old, Helen Keller made a dramatic breakthrough at the age of 6 when she learned to communicate with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.
Helen Keller (1880-1968) was an American author, political activist and campaigner for deaf and blind charities. Helen became deaf and blind as a young child and had to struggle to overcome her dual disability. However, she became the first deaf-blind person to attain a bachelor’s degree and became an influential campaigner for social ...
Helen Keller was one of the world’s most heroic trailblazers for vulnerable people, and one of its most indelible examples of the power of the human spirit to overcome hardship. She triggered a watershed change for education, social justice, and health care for underrepresented groups of people and literally redefined our understanding of ...
1880. Helen Keller is born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27. 1882. In February, Keller contracts scarlet fever or meningitis and becomes deaf and blind at the age of 19 months. 1886. Keller and her parents meet Alexander Graham Bell in July for guidance about how to communicate with and educate Helen. 1887.
The new documentary rediscovers the complex life and legacy of author and activist Helen Keller (1880-1968), who was deaf and blind since childhood, exploring how she used her celebrity and wit to ...
