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Helen Keller was born
Helen Keller was born as Helen Adams Keller in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA. -
Helen was sent to find help of a doctor
Helen was sent with her father to seek help from Dr. Julian Chisolm an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist in Baltimore for advice. -
Helen started getting help
Anne Sullivan started teaching Helen by arriving at Helen's home. She started teaching her by spelling words on her hands. -
Helen attended Institute for the Blind
Helen started attending Perkins Institute for the Blind. -
Helen started writing
One of the earliest known writing or hers was "The Frost King" which she wrote whe she was eleven years old. She was being charged guilty of plagirising Canby's "The Frost Fairies". -
Helen and Anne moved to New York
Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan moved to New York to get special education from the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf and educate under Sarah Fuller at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf. -
Helen and Anne moved to Massachusettes
Keller and Sullivan moved back to Massachusetts and Helen entered The Cambridge School for Young Ladies -
Helen was admitted to Radcliffe College
Helen was admitted to Radcliffe College where she lived in Briggs Hall, South House. -
Helen wrote her autopbiography.
She was 22 years old when "The Story of My Life" was published which recieved help from Sullivan and Sullivan's husband. -
Keller graduated
She recieved her graduation from Radcliffe College at the age of 24. Helen was the first deaf and blind person ever to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. -
Helen wrote another book
The book "The World I Live In" talked about her feelings of the world she felt living inside. -
Keller joined the IWW
She joined the Industrial Workers of the World known as the IWW or the Wobblies. -
Helen found the HKI organization
She found the Helen Keller International (HKI) organization along with George Kessler which devoted its work and research in the areas of vision, health and nutrition. -
Remained in IWW
During 1906 to 1908 she wrote for IWW. -
Appeared in a film
Keller appeared in the silent film "Deliverance" which told the story of her life in a melodramatic and allegorical style. -
Helen helped found ACLU
She greatly helped found the American Civil Liberties Union. -
Helen remained a Socialist Party member
During 1909 to 1921 she remained a Socialist Party member to which she actively campaigned and wrote many pieces in support of the working class. -
Helen published a book
Her spiritual autobiography "My Religion" was published. -
Anne's health declined
Sullivan's health decreased. -
Helen was attacked by strokes
Keller was attacked by several strokes which confined her to her home in her final years. -
The president awarded her
In 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded her with the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom which is regarded as one of the United States' highest two civilian honors -
Helen Keller died
She died in her sleep.
