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Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She had 2 half brothers, a sister, and another brother. Her family was very wealthy, and they owned a cotton plantation.
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In 1882, at 19 months old, she got some unknown disease, and scarlet fever. It took away her ability to hear, see and speak.
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Helen learned her first signals, water and doll.
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On March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan, Helen's teacher, moved in with the Keller family so she could work with Helen every day. Anne became family to Mrs and Mr. Keller and they treated her like a daughter. Later on Anne became Helen's best friend.
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Helen began speech classes with Anne Sullivan.
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Helen Keller started taking classes at Cambridge School for Young Ladies in 1896
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Helen graduated from Radcliffe college in 1904
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In 1905, Anne Sullivan, Helen's teacher, got married to John Albert Macy.
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She was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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She got awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal in 1936.
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Anne Sullivan, Helen's beloved teacher, died.
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In 1955, Helen traveled on a 5 month trip, which was 40,000 miles around Asia.
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Got elected to the Women's Hall of Fame in 1965.
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Helen Keller died in her sleep on June 1, 1988, when she was 88 years old.
