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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). BibliographySee biographies by M. Weiner (1970), J. P. Lash (1980, repr. 1997), and D. Herrmann (1998). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The final essays describe heroes such as Jesse Owens, Helen Keller, George Washington Carver, Margaret Knight and others. But when our class read about Helen Keller, we discussed creative forms of communication, and I asked kids to try some of them out at the end of the day. Everyone from Pete Rose to Helen Keller appear in the pages, each brought onstage to emphasize one of the author's principles or its application. |
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