traveled wrote visited became taught had understood spelled taught learned born served graduated died started
American
lecturer
and
author
,
Helen
Keller
(
1880
?
1968
)
,
was
both
blind
and
deaf
.
But
she
the
world
over
,
fighting
for
improvement
in
the
education
and
life
of
the
physically
handicapped
.
Helen
Adams
Keller
was
a
normal
child
in
Tuscumbia
,
Alabama
,
on
June
27
,
1880
.
Her
parents
were
Captain
Arthur
H
.
Keller
and
Katherine
Adams
Keller
.
Her
father
was
a
veteran
of
the
confederate
army
.
She
speaking
when
she
was
six
months
old
.
When
Helen
was
eighteen
months
old
an
illness
developed
that
the
doctor
described
as
brain
congestion
.
She
a
high
fever
for
many
days
,
and
then
the
fever
was
gone
.
Helen
was
left
deaf
and
blind
from
the
illness
.
Helen
a
very
wild
child
.
In
March
1887
,
Anne
Sullivan
(
1866
?
1936
)
,
a
teacher
at
Perkins
Institute
for
the
Blind
in
Boston
,
came
to
serve
as
Helen's
teacher
.
Sullivan
Keller
the
word
"
water
"
by
using
her
fingers
to
spell
letters
into
Helen's
hand
.
From
this
she
that
objects
had
names
,
and
that
her
teacher
these
names
into
her
hand
.
This
unlocked
a
whole
new
world
of
learning
for
Helen
.
In
only
three
years
Helen
the
sign
language
,
the
Braille
alphabet
and
she
could
read
and
write
.
By
the
time
she
was
sixteen
,
Keller
had
passed
the
admissions
examinations
for
Radcliffe
College
;
in
1904
she
with
honors
.
This
was
all
done
with
the
assistance
of
Anne
Sullivan
interpreting
the
lectures
and
texts
.
Keller
became
determined
to
learn
about
the
world
and
to
improve
the
lives
of
others
.
With
insight
,
energy
,
and
deep
devotion
to
humanity
,
she
lectured
throughout
the
world
and
thousands
of
letters
asking
for
contributions
to
finance
efforts
to
improve
the
welfare
of
the
blind
.
She
hospitals
and
helped
blind
soldiers
.
She
the
blind
to
be
courageous
and
to
make
their
lives
rich
,
productive
,
and
beautiful
for
others
and
for
themselves
.
Sullivan
as
Keller's
counselor
and
companion
.
When
Keller
in
1968
her
name
had
become
a
worldwide
symbol
of
what
the
human
spirit
can
accomplish
despite
severe
physical
limitations
.
Text
taken
and
adapted
from
the
Encyclopedia
of
World
Biography
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