Helen Keller
Helen Keller
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Helen Keller
Helen Keller holding a magnolia, ca. 1920.
Born
Helen Adams Keller
June 27, 1880
Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S.
Died
June 1, 1968 (aged 87)
Arcan Ridge
Easton, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation
Author, political activist, lecturer
Education
Radcliffe College
Signature
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblindperson to earn a bachelor of arts degree.[1][2] The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. Her birthplace in West Tuscumbia, Alabama is now a museum [1] and sponsors an annual "Helen Keller Day". Her birthday on June 27 is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in the U.S. state ofPennsylvania and was authorized at the federal level by presidential proclamation by President Jimmy Carter in 1980, the 100th anniversary of her birth.
A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled and outspoken in her convictions. A member of the Socialist Party of America and theIndustrial Workers of the World, she campaigned for women's suffrage, labor rights, socialism, and other radical left causes. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1971.[3]
Early childhood and illness
Keller with Anne Sullivanvacationing at Cape Cod in July 1888
Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her family lived on a homestead, Ivy Green,[4] that Helen's grandfather had built decades earlier.[5] She had two younger siblings, Mildred Campbell and Phillip Brooks Keller, two older half-brothers from her father's prior marriage, James and William Simpson Keller.[6]
Her father, Arthur H. Keller,[7] spent many years as an editor for the Tuscumbia North
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helen Keller
Helen Keller holding a magnolia, ca. 1920.
Born
Helen Adams Keller
June 27, 1880
Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S.
Died
June 1, 1968 (aged 87)
Arcan Ridge
Easton, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation
Author, political activist, lecturer
Education
Radcliffe College
Signature
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblindperson to earn a bachelor of arts degree.[1][2] The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. Her birthplace in West Tuscumbia, Alabama is now a museum [1] and sponsors an annual "Helen Keller Day". Her birthday on June 27 is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in the U.S. state ofPennsylvania and was authorized at the federal level by presidential proclamation by President Jimmy Carter in 1980, the 100th anniversary of her birth.
A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled and outspoken in her convictions. A member of the Socialist Party of America and theIndustrial Workers of the World, she campaigned for women's suffrage, labor rights, socialism, and other radical left causes. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1971.[3]
Early childhood and illness
Keller with Anne Sullivanvacationing at Cape Cod in July 1888
Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her family lived on a homestead, Ivy Green,[4] that Helen's grandfather had built decades earlier.[5] She had two younger siblings, Mildred Campbell and Phillip Brooks Keller, two older half-brothers from her father's prior marriage, James and William Simpson Keller.[6]
Her father, Arthur H. Keller,[7] spent many years as an editor for the Tuscumbia North