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who was helen keller?

Answer 1

Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree

Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. In 1882, she was stricken by an illness that left her blind and deaf. Beginning in 1887, Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her make tremendous progress with her ability to communicate, and Keller went on to college, graduating in 1904

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Answer 2

Hey mate!!!!❤❤HERE'S UR ANSWER!!!!! INTRO ----Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. HER LIFE ----June 27, 1880 Helen Keller is born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her father's name is Captain Arthur Henley Keller and her mother is Kate Adams Keller. February 1882 After being struck by illness, Helen loses both her sight and hearing. No one is ever sure exactly what disease she had, but some people think it was scarlet fever. March 3, 1887 Anne Sullivan comes to the Keller home and begins teaching Helen letters by signing into her hand ("manual sign language"). April 5, 1887 Anne makes the "miracle" breakthrough, teaching Helen that everything has a name by spelling W-A-T-E-R into Helen's hand as water flows over her palm. Fall 1889 Helen goes to Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston, her first formal education. September 1900 Helen becomes a member of the freshmen class of 1904 at Radcliffe College. 1902 With the help of an editor, Helen writes The Story of My Life. June 28, 1904 Helen becomes the first deaf-blind individual to earn a college degree, graduating with honors from Radcliffe. Spring 1909 Helen joins the Suffragist movement, demanding the right to vote for women. October 1924 Helen and Anne begin their work with the American Foundation for the Blind. April 1930 Helen, Anne, and Polly Thompson travel abroad for the first time, visiting Scotland, Ireland, and England for over six months. This trip is only the beginning of Helen's travels overseas -- she would eventually visit 39 countries! October 1936 Anne Sullivan Macy dies. January 1943 Helen visits blind, deaf, and disabled soldiers of World War II in military hospitals around the country. September 1964President Lyndon Johnson gives Helen the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. June 1, 1968 Helen Keller dies in her sleep.
FACTS ----Helen Keller loved hot dogs!!!!!!------Helen Keller wrote to eight Presidents of the United States, and received letters from all of them—from Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 to Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965.Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, a small rural town in Northwest Alabama, USA.
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