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Helen Keller

The name of Helen Keller is known

world wide as a symbol of courage.
Helen was a woman that was
intelligent, with high ambition, and had
great accomplishment.
She also devoted her life to helping
others.

PARENTS:

Arthur H.
Keller

Katherine Adams
Keller

Birthplace

Was born on June 27, 1880

in Tuscumbia, Alabama

Way of living :

Keller's father had proudly served as an

officer in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
The family was not particularly wealthy
and earned income from their cotton
plantation.
Later, Arthur became the editor of a
weekly local newspaper, theNorth
Alabamian.

Keller was born with her

senses of sight and hearing,
and started speaking when
she was just 6 months old.
She started walking at the
age of 1.

Loss of Sight and

Hearing
In
1882, Keller contracted an illness

"an acute congestion of the

stomach and the brain"which might
have beenscarlet feverormeningitis
Within a few days after the fever
broke, Keller's mother noticed that
her daughter didn't show any
reaction when the dinner bell was
rung, or when a hand was waved in
front of her face. Keller had lost both
her sight and hearing. She was just
18 months old.

Early Childhood

she developed a limited method of

communication with her companion,
Martha Washington.
The two had created a type of sign
language.
and by the time Keller was 7, they had
invented more than 60 signs

Her parents contacted the Perkins

Institute for the Blind in Boston.
Perkins Provided Keller with a teacher.
Her name was Anne Sullivan.

Education:

1887, Sullivan went to Keller's home in

Alabama and immediately went to work.
She began by teaching Helen finger
spelling, starting with the word "doll," to
help Keller understand the gift of a doll she
had brought along.

Formal education:

In 1890, Keller began speech classes at

the Horace Mann School for the Deaf
in Boston
From 1894 to 1896, she attended the
Wright-Humason School for the
Deaf in New York City. There, she
worked on improving her communication
skills and studied regular academic
subjects
In 1896, she attended the Cambridge
School for Young Ladies

Henry H. Rogers

Rogers was so impressed with Keller's

talent, drive and determination that he
agreed to pay for her to attend Radcliff
College. There, she was accompanied
by Sullivan, who sat by her side to
interpret lectures and texts.

Graduation
When Helen graduated from
Radcliffe College in 1904 she had
mastered 5 different languages.
On Helens 50th anniversary of
graduating from Radcliffe College,
She was awarded the Alumnac
Achievement Award.

Work:
The Story of My Life

While at college
Helen had wrote the
1st volume of her
autobiography.

In 1902 it became a
book.

The Miracle Worker

Helen Kellers
childhood education
became a film called
The Miracle Worker.
First it as a play by
William Gibson and
it won the Pulitzer
Prize in 1960
The film won an
Oscar in 1962.

Died in
Westport,
Connecticut

June 1, 1968