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Helen Keller was born on 27 June 1880, in West Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her parents were Kate Adams Keller, and Arthur H. Keller. She lost her sight and hearing when she was 19 months old.Britannica -
On March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan Betina teaching six-year-old Helen, who lost her sight and hearing. Anne was 20 when she arrived at Ivy Green, the Keller family estate.britannica -
When she was ten years old, Helen expressed a desire to learn to speak. She sought out an instructor from the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Boston, and had eleven speech lessons there before being, once again, taught by Anne Sullivan.ehistory -
One of her earliest pieces of writing, at age 11, was The Frost King (1891). There were allegations that this story had been plagiarized from The Frost Fairies by Margaret Canby. She went into a months-long depression after this incident.topperlearning -
At age 22, Keller published her autobiography, The Story of My Life (1903), with help from Sullivan and Sullivan's husband, John Macy. It recounts the story of her life up to age 21 and was written during her time in college.AFB -
Keller graduated from Radcliffe College with a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in 1904, becoming the first DeafBlind person to earn a college degree. Keller saw the power in sharing her ideas with the world through writing.ehistory -
In 1920, she joined Jane Addams, Crystal Eastman, and other social activists in founding the American Civil Liberties Union; four years later she became affiliated with the new American Foundation for the Blind in 1924.AFB) -
Helen Keller died on June 1, 1968, in Easton, Connecticut, at the age of 87. It was right before turning 88connecticut history