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The Life Of Helen Keller. By: Katie Bridges ETE 100-Online Section September 29, 2005. About Helen. Named Helen Adams Keller Born June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama Daughter of Captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adams Keller Was born with full sight and hearing.
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The Life Of Helen Keller • By: Katie Bridges • ETE 100-Online Section • September 29, 2005
About Helen • Named Helen Adams Keller • Born June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama • Daughter of Captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adams Keller • Was born with full sight and hearing
A Change For The Worse • February 1882, when Helen was 19 months old, she fell ill • Doctors called it “brain fever” otherwise known today as scarlet fever or meningitis • For many days, she was expected to die • When the fever went away, her family thought she was in the clear
A Change For The Worse (Cont) • Her mother noticed that Helen was not responding to the dinner bell when rung • Also, she was responding to her mother’s hand passing in front of her eyes • Helen’s illness left her blind and deaf
Help For Helen • Helen’s mother took her to a specialist doctor in Baltimore who suggested that they meet with Alexander Graham Bell • Alexander Graham Bell was the local expert on the problems of children who are deaf • Bell told the Keller family to write Michael Anagnos-director of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind
Help For Helen (Cont) • The Keller’s asked Anagnos to help find a teacher for Helen • He immediately recommended Anne Sullivan who was a former student of the institution
Helen Meets Anne • Met for the first time on March 3, 1887 • Starting teaching Helen immediately • She spelled out the word “doll” on Helen’s hand to help her recognize what Anne had brought for Helen • Helen could repeat the movements on her hand, but didn’t know what they meant
Starting To Make Sense • Anne took Helen down a path to a well-house • Someone was pumping water and Anne put Helen’s hand under the water • Anne immediately spelled out “water” over and over on Helen’s hand • Helen make the connection between the word “water” and the flowing liquid
The Learning Never Stops • Helen learned the spelling of 30 words within the next few hours after the water • Learned to understand what others were saying by touching their lips and throat • Helen could not speak due to her vocal chords not being trained prior to being taught how to speak
Helen Reading Lips • Helen reading Mrs. Calvin Coolidge’s lips with her hand
Helen Goes To College • Helen was the first person who was blind and deaf to ever enter an institution of higher learning • She enrolled in the fall of 1900 • She was the first person was was blind and deaf to earn a bachelor of Arts degree • Helen graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College on June 28, 1904
Helen’s Publications • 1903-Helen’s first book The Story of My Life • 1913-Out of the Dark-series of essays on socialism • 1955-Teacher-book about Anne Sullivan
Helen’s Contribution to Society • Had fundraising tours for the American Foundation for the Blind • After World War II, Helen traveled the world fundraising for the American Foundation for the Overseas Blind • Campaigned to help with the living and working conditions for people who were blind
Awards For Helen • Was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson • 1965-At the New York World’s Fair, she was elected to Women’s Hall of Fame
The End of Helen’s Life • Helen died on June 1, 1968 in Arcan Ridge at the age of 87 • She died peacefully in her sleep • Her lifelong dream was to be able to talk, something she never got to master in life
Bibliography • http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c10000/3c11000/3c11700/3c11738v.jpg • http://www.afb.org/braillebug/helen_keller_bio.asp • http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/legacies/AL/200002670.html • http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/6027.html • http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/doucuments/publicwebsite/public_keller.hcsp