Helen Keller
American author
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. Wikipedia
Born: June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, AL
Died: June 1, 1968 (age 87 years), Easton, CT
Education: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (1900–1904), The Cambridge School of Weston (1896–1900), Wright-Humason School for the Deaf (1894–1896), and more
Siblings: James Keller, Mildred Keller, William Simpson Keller, and more
Parents: Kate Adams Keller and Arthur H. Keller
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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, ...
Helen Keller Biography - The American Foundation for the Blind
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Helen was famous from the age of 8 until her death in 1968. Her wide range of political, cultural, and intellectual interests and activities ensured that she ...