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    rung. “Helen, it's time for dinner!” There was no response from the other room. “Helen, Helen! Why are you not answering me?” Her mother went into the room and waved her hand across Helen's face. “Helen do you hear me?” Helen gave no change in expression on her face. Her mother knew there was something terribly wrong. Helen Keller had lost her sight and hearing when she was just 19 months old. Helen's childhood, education, and achievements were very important to her life. Childhood Helen Adams Keller

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    Helen Keller defied all the odds stacked against her. Annie Sullivan defied all odds of teaching her. Together they create a story. William Gibson, the author of the play, The Miracle Worker, portrays through the struggles of each girl that it takes work and discipline not pity and laziness to accomplish goals. Helen was a blind and deaf six and a half year old prone to tantrums and bad manners when Annie first met her. Considering that Annie herself had been blind and had had nine surgeries

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    the eye.” - Helen Keller On June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama a baby was born Helen Keller. Helen was born with her senses and could see and started speaking when she was just six months old. Then, her life started going downhill, 19 months into Helen’s life she became blind and deaf from an illness called scarlet fever. Most of her childhood was very rough for her because she couldn’t play with the other kids and couldn’t speak which resulted in her terrible tantrums. When Helen was six years

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    Accomplishments and successes of Helen Keller Some of us take the little things for granted including; our sight and hearing. Helen Keller didn’t have any vision or hearing but she still accomplished amazing things in her life. Not only did she work hard to communicate but she spoke on the behalf of others. Helen Keller influenced deaf and blind Americans by promoting their welfare and showing that she could accomplish great things despite her disabilities.(Biography.com) Helen Keller was born on June 27,

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    later, Helen Keller was unable to lead a normal childhood. She could not learn to hear or speak fluently like other children; however, she was introduced to her first teacher at the age of seven named Anne Sullivan, who would become her lifetime companion and teacher as she learned to overcome the difficulties of being blind and deaf. Anne Sullivan first demonstrated the possibilities of communication with others by teaching her how to spell and master the Braille system (Helen Keller) and Keller began

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    Helen Keller Have you ever heard of a woman with the last name Keller? If you guessed Helen Keller you are very much correct. Helen was born June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. (Book) Her father was Captain and her mother was Kate Keller. Helen had two step brothers and a sister Mildred Keller. (book) She grew up in Tuscumbia, Alabama. (Book) Helen had no children or was married. It makes sense that she was not because Helen Keller was always on the move. Helen got her main education from Wright-

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    com Editors, Helen Keller was an author, a cofounder of the American Civil Liberties Union, and graduated, cum laude, from Radcliffe College. Many people do not know about all of her accomplishments and only know about Keller’s childhood. While what she overcame as a child is inspiring and an amazing feat, her adulthood is just as inspirational and remarkable, yet it is rarely taught or discussed. Due to what she believed, Helen Keller’s achievements are typically overlooked. Helen Keller should be

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    full of the overcoming of it”- Helen Keller. Helen Keller was a girl who had developed an illness at a young age that left her both blind and deaf, giving her the difficulty of communication. She had gotten help with her communication skills, and she later graduated from college in 1904 even with her disability. She not only spread awareness for the blind, but she had also fought for social issues such as women’s suffrage, pacifism, and birth control. Helen Keller possessed the traits of neverending

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    Rebecca Reed Honors American Studies I Mr. Cahalan 27 April 2015 Helen Keller and the NAACP A large issue in our country for the first two centuries, some would argue longer, of our time as our own, independent, country has been the issue of equality among races. This was an issue that was on the mind of many of the people who were very instrumental in our country including men like Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr., among others. The issue of equality among races caused lots of controversy

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    Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Alabama. She became ill for a period of time, which resulted in the loss of her sight and hearing. This happened before she was two years old. Just before she turned seven, Helen’s parents hired a teacher, Anne Sullivan. Overtime, Anne taught Helen to behave and educated her. This was the greatest thing that could have happened, as Helen became determined to further her education and eventually paved the way for others who were visually and hearing impaired.

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