Biography of helen keller in english
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Where Was Helen Keller Born?
Portrait of Helen Keller as a young girl, with a white dog on her lap (August )
Helen Adams Keller was born a healthy child in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, Her parents were Kate Adams Keller and Colonel Arthur Keller.
On her father's side she was descended from Colonel Alexander Spottswood, a colonial governor of Virginia, and on her mother's side, she was related to a number of prominent New England families. Helen's father, Arthur Keller, was a captain in the Confederate army. The family lost most of its wealth during the Civil War and lived modestly.
After the war, Captain Keller edited a local newspaper, the North Alabamian, and in , under the Cleveland administration, he was appointed Marshal of North Alabama.
At the age of 19 months, Helen became deaf and blind as a result of an unknown illness, perhaps rubella or scarlet fever. As Helen grew from infancy into childhood, she became wild and unruly.
When Did Helen Keller Meet Anne Sulliv
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Helen Keller
Dear Lions and Ladies:
I suppose you have heard the legend that represents opportunity as a capricious lady, who knocks at every door but once, and if the door isn't opened quickly, she passes on, never to return. And that is as it should be. Lovely, desirable ladies won't wait. You have to go out and grab 'em.
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Helen Keller
Helen Keller | |
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Helen Keller holding a magnolia, ca. | |
| Born | Helen Adams Keller ()June 27, Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | June 1, () (aged&#;87) Arcan Ridge Easton, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, political activist, lecturer |
| Alma&#;mater | Radcliffe College |
| Notable works | The Story of My Life |
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Helen Adams Keller was an Americanwriter and speaker. She was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama in Her father was Arthur H. Keller and her mother was Kate Adams Keller.[1] When she was nineteen months old, she became sick and lost her eyesight and hearing. The doctor didn't know what it was, so he called it a "congestion of the stomach and brain." Some people say that it was scarlet fever or meningitis. Communicating with other people was hard for Helen, because she could not see or hear. She made up some home signs that she used to communicate with her family. The home signs were quite simple, pull meant "come", push me