Saurav Prabhakaran answered this
helen keller was a famous american auther lecturer , but blind when she was aged just 18 months......
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Chumki answered this
Helen Adams Keller(June 27, 1880 June 1, 1968) was an American author,political activist, andlecturer. She was the firstdeafblindperson to earn a bachelor of arts degreeHer birthday on June 27 is commemorated asHelen Keller Dayin the U.S. state ofPennsylvaniaand was authorized at the federal level by presidential proclamation by PresidentJimmy Carterin 1980, the 100th anniversary of her birth.A prolific author, Keller was well-travelled and outspoken in her convictions. A member of theSocialist Party of Americaand theIndustrial Workers of the World, she campaigned forwomen's suffrage,labor rights, socialism, and otherradical leftcauses. She was inducted into theAlabama Women's Hall of Famein 1971
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Apoorva Dixit answered this
her full name was helen adams keller. she was a visually challenged person,born on june 27,in america.she was a writer, activist, author of numerous books such as 'the story of my life' ,etc. she aws also the first women to recieve the bachelor of arts degree.
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Neeraj answered this
Helen Kellerwas anAmericanwriterandspeaker. She was born inTuscumbia,Alabamain1880. 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.
When Helen was seven years old, her family decided to find ateacherfor her. They wrote to Michael Anagnos, who was the director of the Perkins Institute and Asylum for the Blind. They asked him to help them find a teacher for their daughter. He wrote to them and told them that he knew a young teacher and her name wasAnne Sullivan. She had been blind, but a series of operations helped restored her eyesight. Anne traveled to Alabama to live with Helens family and to teach her. Anne went to live with the Keller family in March, 1887.
Anne helped Helen to learn how to communicate with other people. She taught her the names of things by writing the words on Helens hand. Helen's first word was "water". She learned this word when Anne put Helen's hand under some water and wrote W,A,T,E,R on her hand. Then she learnt the words with this method. In 1890, Helens family sent her to the Perkins Institute to learn how to speak and communicate. When she was nineteen years old, Helen went toRadcliffe CollegeinMassachusetts. Shegraduatedfrom Radcliffe in 1904. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn aBachelors of Artsdegree.
In 1903, Helen wrote a book about her life. It was calledThe Story of My Life. The movie,The Miracle Worker, made in 1962, was based on Helen's book. She also wrote a book about Anne Sullivan calledTeacher. She wrote twelve other books.
Helen tried to help poor people and other blind people during her life. She traveled to over 39 countries with Anne to talk about her life and experiences. When Helen was in Japan, she met Hachiko, a famous Akita dog. She decided to adopt an Akita, and was the first person to bring an Akita to America.
Helen Keller wanted to get married. She fell in love with her secretary, but her mother didn't allow Helen to marry him. At that time, disabled people often could not marry. Helen Keller died in her sleep on June 1, 1968, at Arcan Ridge inConnecticut.
Helen Keller still affects us today. She reminds us that people with disabilities can do great things.
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Shreya answered this
The journey of life is one where we not only overcome obstacles but should strive to help others overcome theirs. The life of Helen Adams Keller exemplifies this principle.The obstacle this Alabama native, born in 1880, had to overcome was being both blind and deaf, the result of a sickness that afflicted her at the age of 18 months. Any sights and sounds she had observed and any words that she had learnt were soon forgotten.At the age of seven, having received disgnosis from a series of doctors who all concluded she could never interact with others, her parents contacted the Perkins Institute of the Blind and Deaf, headquartered in Boston. They requested a tutor to help their daughter, and received a young teacher named Anne Sullivan, who provided home tuition for Helen.Miss Sullivan went to great lengths for her pupil, using the manual alphabet to spell the names of objects that Helen could feel with her fingers. She would place her fingers in Helen's palm and spell the names of objects just by changing the position of her fingers. The catalyst was the word water. By a process of association, Miss Sullivan would spill water on Helen's hand and then spell the word water. Helen caught on in time: the finger movement meant the same thing as the liquid she felt. The other doctors had been wrong, Helen could communicate.Helen's learning proceeded quickly: within a couple of years she had become literate in Braille. Now, Miss Sullivan began to teach Helen to speak. Helen would put her hand against Miss Sullivan's throat and feel the vibrations of her speech. She would then put her hand against her own throat and attempt to create her own vibrations. Helen learned so well from Miss Sullivan that her education entitled her to attend Radcliffe College, and was accompanied by her tutor there who spelled the lectures into her hand. Helen would graduate with honors in 1904 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, the very first deaf and blind person to ever do so.Having overcome her own handicaps to become a well-educated college graduate, Helen devoted the rest of her life to helping the blind of the deaf. Miss Sullivan remained her companion, travelling throughout the world to raise money through public appearances for her cause. After her death, a young Scottish lady called Polly Thompson became her companion. Helen Keller would continue with her work until her death.Helen Keller became one of the most educated women who ever lived in spite of her handicaps and advocated helping others who may be afflicted to reach their full potential. I submit to you, readers, how many of us who do not have such obstacles to overcome, can say the same? But it is as powerful an incentive as one can find.
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