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Keller, Helen Adams
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Keller, Helen Adams, 1880–1968, American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put under the charge of Anne Sullivan (see Macy, Anne Sullivan Macy, Anne Sullivan, 1866–1936, American educator, friend and teacher of Helen Keller, b. Feeding Hills, Mass. Placed in Tewksbury almshouse (1876), she was later admitted (1880) to Perkins Institution for the Blind, since her eyes had been seriously weakened
..... Click the link for more information. ), who was her teacher and companion until Sullivan's death in 1936. As a pupil Helen Keller made rapid progress and was graduated from Radcliffe in 1904 with honors. She lectured all over America and in Europe and Asia, raising funds for the training of the blind and promoting other social causes. Her books include The Story of My Life (1903), The World I Live In (1908), Helen Keller's Journal, 1936–1937 (1938), Let Us Have Faith (1940), and The Open Door (1957).

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See biographies by M. Weiner (1970), J. P. Lash (1980, repr. 1997), and D. Herrmann (1998).
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Byline: Reuters NEW YORK: Teenage actress Abigail Breslin, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the movie comedy "Little Miss Sunshine," will play Helen Keller in her debut on Broadway next year.
"Little Miss Sunshine" to play Helen Keller on Broadway by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
Helen Keller Helen Keller was a famous American lecturer, author and activist.
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Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard When the curtain rises Friday night on Cottage Theatre's new production of "The Miracle Worker," a brew of historical truth, playacting and real-life offstage drama will intertwine in telling the story of Helen Keller and the teacher who saved her from the isolation of blindness and deafness.
Deaf, blind miracle by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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