Helen Keller

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Black and white image of Helen Keller holding a Magnolia on the left. On the right is the text saying: Helen Adams Keller was born this day June 27, 1880 . She was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven, when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan. Sullivan taught Keller language, including reading and writing. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, Keller attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She died on June 1, 1968 By 360onhistory.com
Helen Keller
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Black and white image of Helen Keller holding a Magnolia on the left. On the right is the text saying: Helen Adams Keller was born this day June 27, 1880 . She was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven, when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan. Sullivan taught Keller language, including reading and writing. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, Keller attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She died on June 1, 1968 By 360onhistory.com

Helen Keller

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