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The Life Of Helen Keller By: Katie Bridges ete 100-Online Section September 29, 2005 About Helen
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| - By: Katie Bridges
- ETE 100-Online Section
- September 29, 2005
About Helen - Named Helen Adams Keller
- Born June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama
- Daughter of Captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adams Keller
- Was born with full sight and hearing
A Change For The Worse - February 1882, when Helen was 19 months old, she fell ill
- Doctors called it “brain fever” otherwise known today as scarlet fever or meningitis
- For many days, she was expected to die
- When the fever went away, her family thought she was in the clear
A Change For The Worse (Cont) - Her mother noticed that Helen was not responding to the dinner bell when rung
- Also, she was responding to her mother’s hand passing in front of her eyes
- Helen’s illness left her blind and deaf
- Helen’s mother took her to a specialist doctor in Baltimore who suggested that they meet with Alexander Graham Bell
- Alexander Graham Bell was the local expert on the problems of children who are deaf
- Bell told the Keller family to write Michael Anagnos-director of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind
Helen & Alexander Graham Bell Help For Helen (Cont) - The Keller’s asked Anagnos to help find a teacher for Helen
- He immediately recommended Anne Sullivan who was a former student of the institution
Helen Meets Anne - Met for the first time on March 3, 1887
- Starting teaching Helen immediately
- She spelled out the word “doll” on Helen’s hand to help her recognize what Anne had brought for Helen
- Helen could repeat the movements on her hand, but didn’t know what they meant
A Picture of Anne Sullivan Starting To Make Sense - Anne took Helen down a path to a well-house
- Someone was pumping water and Anne put Helen’s hand under the water
- Anne immediately spelled out “water” over and over on Helen’s hand
- Helen make the connection between the word “water” and the flowing liquid
The Learning Never Stops - Helen learned the spelling of 30 words within the next few hours after the water
- Learned to understand what others were saying by touching their lips and throat
- Helen could not speak due to her vocal chords not being trained prior to being taught how to speak
Helen Reading Lips - Helen reading Mrs. Calvin Coolidge’s lips with her hand
Helen Goes To College - Helen was the first person who was blind and deaf to ever enter an institution of higher learning
- She enrolled in the fall of 1900
- She was the first person was was blind and deaf to earn a bachelor of Arts degree
- Helen graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College on June 28, 1904
Helen’s Graduation Picture Helen’s Publications - 1903-Helen’s first book The Story of My Life
- 1913-Out of the Dark-series of essays on socialism
- 1955-Teacher-book about Anne Sullivan
Helen’s Contribution to Society - Had fundraising tours for the American Foundation for the Blind
- After World War II, Helen traveled the world fundraising for the American Foundation for the Overseas Blind
- Campaigned to help with the living and working conditions for people who were blind
Awards For Helen - Was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson
- 1965-At the New York World’s Fair, she was elected to Women’s Hall of Fame
The End of Helen’s Life - Helen died on June 1, 1968 in Arcan Ridge at the age of 87
- She died peacefully in her sleep
- Her lifelong dream was to be able to talk, something she never got to master in life
Helen’s Obituary Picture Bibliography - http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c10000/3c11000/3c11700/3c11738v.jpg
- http://www.afb.org/braillebug/helen_keller_bio.asp
- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/legacies/AL/200002670.html
- http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/6027.html
- http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/doucuments/publicwebsite/public_keller.hcsp
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