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Helen was born on June 27, 1880.
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In 1882, however, Keller contracted an illness called "brain fever" by the family doctor that produced a high body temperature.
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On March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan went to Helen's home in Alabama.
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In 1890, Keller began speech classes at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston.
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1894 to 1896, she attended the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York City.
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In 1896, she attended the Cambridge School for Young Ladies, a preparatory school for women.
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Keller graduated from Radcliffe collage in 1904, at the age of 24.
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She published a book in 1908, called The World I Live In.
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She became a member in 1924, and participated in many campaigns to raise awareness, money and support for the blind.
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When the American Federation for the Blind was established in 1921, Keller had an effective national outlet for her efforts.
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She won the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal in 1936.
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Keller suffered a series of strokes in 1961, and spent the remaining years of her life at her home in Connecticut
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She won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964
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She was elected to the Women's Hall of Fame in 1965.
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She died in her sleep on June 1st 1968
