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Helen Keller. Helen Adams Keller was born June 27, 1880, in the northwest Alabama city of Tuscumbia. Her father, Arthur H. Keller, was a retired Confederate Army captain and editor of the local newspaper. Her mother, Kate Keller, was an educated young woman from Memphis.
Helen Keller (1880–1968) was born in Tuscumbia, a small rural town in northwest Alabama. When she was 19 months old, Keller became ill with what modern-day doctors believe was either scarlet fever or meningitis. She was left deaf and blind. With the help of her teacher and lifelong companion, Anne Sullivan, she learned how to read and ...
Helen Keller (1880–1968) was an American author, political activist and lecturer. At 19 months old, Keller contracted an unknown illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain", which is now thought to have been scarlet fever or meningitis. The illness left her both deaf and blind, completely shaping the way ...
WESTPORT, Conn., June 1--Helen Keller, who overcame blindness and deafness to become a symbol of the indomitable human spirit, died this afternoon in her home here. She was 87 years old. "She drifted off in her sleep," said Mrs. Winifred Corbally, Miss Keller's companion for the last 11 years, who was at her bedside. "She died gently."
Helen Keller, (born June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Ala., U.S.—died June 1, 1968, Westport, Conn.), U.S. author and educator who was blind and deaf. Keller was deprived by illness of sight and hearing at the age of 19 months, and her speech development soon ceased as well. Five years later she began to be instructed by Anne Sullivan (1866–1936 ...
Helen Keller summary: Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27th, 1880. She was a healthy child until an illness and a severe fever left her both blind and deaf. Helen’s childhood was turbulent, as she was quite intelligent but her handicaps made her unable to communicate, causing her to become frustrated and resulting in ...
ESTPORT, Conn., June 1 -- Helen Keller, who overcame blindness and deafness to become a symbol of the indomitable human spirit, died this afternoon in her home here. She was 87 years old. "She drifted off in her sleep," said Mrs. Winifred Corbally, Miss Keller's companion for the last 11 years, who was at her bedside. "She died gently."
