A Woman who made a differenceHelen Adams Keller was born on the 27th of June 1880 and died on the first of June 1968. She was an American author activist and lecturer. She was the first deaf blind person to a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her family lived on a homestead in ivy green. Helen Keller was born with the ability to see and hear at nineteen months old she contracted an illness described by doctors as an acute
congestion of the stomach and the brain which might have been scarlet fever or meningitis . The illness left her both deaf and blind. Both of her eyes were replaced in adulthood with glass replicas for medical and cosmetic reason. Helen Keller day is celebrated on her birthday which is on the 1st of June. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's hall of fame in 1971. Hellen Keller suffered a series of strokes in 1961.
A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled and outspoken in her convictions.
Check out Helen's early writing below Helen's early writing, completed seven days before she turned seven (the page is dated June 20th, 1887). Also below a video detailing how Helen learned to talk. |
Helen suffered a stroke in 1960, and from 1961 onwards, she lived quietly at Arcan Ridge, her home in Westport, Connecticut, one of the four main places she lived during her lifetime. (The others were Tuscumbia, Alabama; Wrentham, Massachusetts; and Forest Hills, New York).
She made her last major public appearance in 1961 at a Washington, D.C., Lions Clubs International Foundation meeting.
At that meeting, she received the Lions Humanitarian Award for her lifetime of service to humanity and for providing the inspiration for the adoption by Lions Clubs International Foundation of their sight conservation and aid to blind programs.
She made her last major public appearance in 1961 at a Washington, D.C., Lions Clubs International Foundation meeting.
At that meeting, she received the Lions Humanitarian Award for her lifetime of service to humanity and for providing the inspiration for the adoption by Lions Clubs International Foundation of their sight conservation and aid to blind programs.