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Helen Keller – Early Life Helen Keller was born on the 27th June, 1880, in a small town called Tuscumbia, Alabama. She was born to Kate Adams Keller and Colonel Arthur Keller who lived on an estate called Ivy Green. Her father was an editor of the local paper, The North Alabamian. Everything was going well until Helen became extremely ill when she was around 19 months old. This illness caused Helen to lose her sight and her hearing. As she was unable to communicate to anyone, she never learnt basic rules or lessons, and became known as a ‘wild child.’ ©AMomentInOurWorld

Helen Keller – Early Life

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Helen Keller – Childhood

Due to her deafness and blindness, it was hard for Helen to learn. In 1886, her mother, Kate, heard about the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. She wrote to this school to ask for a teacher for Helen. Anne Sullivan, arrived on the 3rd March, 1887. Anne Sullivan was born on 14th April, 1866 in Massachusetts. Her family was poor and could not take care of her, so at 10 years old, Anne was sent to live in a home for the poor. At 14, she was sent to the Perkins School for the Blind to receive training to become a teacher to blind children.

Helen’s teacher also had very poor vision and it was her job to figure out a way for Helen to understand words and their meaning.

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Anne began signing letters onto Helen’s palm. After, one month of doing this, it clicked. Helen learnt 30 words in one day.

Helen quickly learnt words and sentences and was soon able to communicate by signing the manual alphabet. The manual alphabet is signing each individual letter to create a word.

Helen went on to learn to write in Braille. Braille is a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who have low or no vision. It is a code that may be written and read.

Braille was invented by Louis Braille and is system of symbols that are formed within units of space known as the braille cell. This cell consists of six raised dots arranged in two parallel rows each having three dots. ©AMomentInOurWorld


Manual Alphabet

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Helen’s Teacher Perkins School for the Blind

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Helen Keller – Education

In 1888, Helen and Anne left home and attended the Perkins School for the Blind as a guest of the director, Mr. Michael Anagnos. When she was 13, Helen moved to New York City and attended the Wright-Humason school for the deaf. Anne had to read everything and sign it into Helen’s hand. Helen was also learning how to speak. In 1896, Helen went to the Cambridge School for Young Ladies and was admitted to Radcliffe College in 1899. Helen loved to learn. She studied French, German and Latin. She learned to play chess and to horseback ride.

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Helen also met many famous people including Mark Twain and Alexander Graham Bell.

Mr Bell was interested in education for the hearing impaired as his wife, Mabel was deaf.

A year before her graduation in 1902, Helen published her first book, The Story of My Life. This book has been translate into 50 languages.

This autobiography detailed her early life, especially her experiences with Anne Sullivan. She dedicated this book to Alexander Graham Bell.

In 1904, she was the first deaf-blind person to receive a college degree, graduating from Radcliffe College with very high honors.

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Famous Friends Schools Attended

Writing Books Studied

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Helen Keller – Adulthood

Helen and her friends were also quite interested in politics. She joined the suffragist movement in 1909. Suffragists wanted equal treatment for women, including the right to vote. This right was granted in 1920. Helen also became a socialist as she believed that society should be based on people’s needs, not on the amount of power or money they had. In 1914, Polly Thomson began working with Helen and Anne and they became known as the ‘Three Musketeers.’ They travelled to Hollywood in 1918 to make a silent movie about Helen’s life, Deliverance. ©AMomentInOurWorld


Helen met more famous people including Charlie Chaplin, Henry Ford, the man who invented the Model-T Ford automobile, and the three generations of the Rockefeller family who formed the Standard Oil Company. Helen toured with Anne and acted in many vaudeville stage shows and gave many lectures. Anne became too tired from all of this and in 1922 they stopped their tour. Helen was a pacifist, protesting against the First World War, being one of the early members of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Helen Keller – Adulthood What is a pacifist?

Acting in vaudeville stage shows

What was the Depression like in America during this

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What happened in the First World

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In 1924, Helen joined the American Foundation for the Blind, becoming an ambassador for this company for the next 44 years. She travelled around the United States developing support programs that helped blind people. In conjunction with M.C. Migel and Robert B. Irwin, they persuaded the US government to hold an international conference of workers for the blind. Representatives from 32 countries attended a special meeting in the White House, Washington, DC. They were greeted by President Herbert Hoover and Helen. In 1929, as part of the AFB Campaign, she convinced a major radio manufacturer to donate 250 radios to blind or visually impaired people.

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Helen was an excellent typist and a gifted writing. She wrote many books, as well as lots of essays, articles and speeches during her lifetime.

In May 1933, Helen’s writings came to the attention of the world when one of her books, Out of the Dark, was burned by a young Nazis in Germany who hated socialism. In response to this burning, she wrote an impassioned letter.

In 1936, Anne Sullivan, Helen’s teacher died. Polly Thomson became Helen’s primary companion.

During the Second World War, Helen and Polly travelled all over the US, supporting the blind and wounded veterans. Her determination and accomplishments helped change laws and create programs for the visually impaired.

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AFB Campaign

Helen’s Book Burned

Anne died, Polly took over

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During her time with Polly, Helen visited 39 countries. On her travels she was greeted by many people and as well as received incredible gifts and souvenirs. The story of Helen’s life has been the subject of many movies, books and plays. In 1955, she received an Academy Award for a documentary, Helen Keller in Her story. Helen was a courageous woman who loved life. She believed that everyone deserved the same rights. Helen suffered a stroke in 1960. After Polly’s death in 1961, Helen lived quietly at Arcan Ridge until she died in her sleep in on 1 June, 1968.

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Helen Keller – Adulthood Life

Events Achievements

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Helen Keller – Adulthood Hobbies Work

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Helen Keller – Achievements List Helen Keller’s

Most Notable Contributions

List Helen Keller’s Most Notable Achievements

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Helen Keller – Timeline

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Helen Keller – Quotes Your most favourite Helen Keller Quotes.

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Helen Keller – Quotes Your most favorite Helen Keller Quotes.

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Helen Keller – Questions What questions would you ask Helen Keller if you were to meet her.

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Helen Keller

June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968

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Some great books to read: Who was Helen Keller? The Story of my Life Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark Helen Keller (Scholastic Biography) A great Braille Resource: Braille Learning Pack

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