Helen Keller

By aclendenen

  • Born

    Able to see and hear

  • At 19 mos due to illness she became deaf and blind

  • Helen met Anne Sullivan

  • By the age of 7, Helen knew about 60 home signs

  • Helen attended Perkins Institute for the Blind

  • Helen wrote her autobiography

  • At the age of 24, Helen became the 1st Deaf Blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree

  • Helen and George Kessler founded Helen Keller International organization

  • Visited Japan and received an Akita dog

  • Suffered from several strokes

  • Lyndon B. Johnson awarded Helen the Presidential Medal of Freedom

  • Helen Keller passed away, peacefully in her sleep