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Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 near Tuscumbia, Alabama.
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Still an infant, Helen acquired an illness which would leave her deaf and blind for the rest of her life.
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In 1887, Keller began her intense education with a woman named Anne Sullivan.
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By the Age of ten, Helen could read and write in Braille.
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In 1896, she adopted the Swedenborgain fath.
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In 1903, Helen wrote her first novel about her life titled "Story of My Life".
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In 1908, she published her second book titled, "The World I Live In".
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In 1914 Helen resigned from the Socialist Party and joined the Industrial Works of the World.
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During the year of 1936, Sullivan, who had helped Helen through her biggest life struggle, passed away.
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In 1955, she published another book, titled, "Teacher" in loving memory of Sullivan who had passed several years before.
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In 1964 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon Johnson.
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