Helen Keller

  • Helen Keller was born

    Helen Keller was born at Ivy Green in Tuscumbia, Alabama
  • Helen Keller

    Helen Keller lost her hearing and sight
  • Helen Keller

    Anne Sullivan arrives in Tuscumbia and begins teaching Helen manual sign language
  • Helen Keller

    Anne makes the “miracle” breakthrough, teaching Helen that “everything had a name,” by spelling W-A-T-E-R into Helen’s hand as water from the family’s water pump flows over their hands
  • Helen Keller

    Helen receives her certificate of admission to Radcliffe College
  • Helen Keller

    Helen becomes the first deaf-blind individual to receive a bachelor of arts degree, graduating cum laude from Radcliffe.
  • Helen Keller

    Anne marries John Macy at Wrentham
  • Helen keller

    Helen Keller Passes away in her sleep