2. Helen Keller
The name of Helen Keller is known world
wide as a symbol of courage.
Helen was a woman that was intelligent,
high ambition, and had great
accomplishment.
She also devoted her life to helping others.
4. Birthplace
Known as Ivy
Green
Born Tuscumbia,
Alabama
on June 27, 1880
5. Helen’s Illness
When Helen was 19 months old she suffered
from a disease “an acute congestion of the
stomach and brain” and it left her deaf and
blind.
Her parents contacted the Perkins Institute
for the Blind in Boston.
Perkins Provided Keller with a teacher.
Her name was Anne Sullivan.
6. Helen and Anne
Anne worked out
an alphabet that
she spelled out
words in her hand.
With Anne
teaching Helen, She
was able to pass the
admissions exam
for Radcliffe College
at the age of 16.
7. Helen and Anne
Anne began her task with a doll that a
child made at Perkins for Helen.
By spell “d-o-l-l” into Helen’s hand she
hoped she would learn to connect the letters
with the object.
Helen quickly learned how to form all the
letter correctly with her hands and in the
correct order.
8. The Story of My Life
While at college
Helen had wrote
the 1st volume of her
autobiography.
Her autobiography
was published in
the Ladies’ Home
Journal.
In 1902 it became a
book.
9. Graduation
When Helen graduated
from Radcliffe College in
1904 she had mastered 5
different languages.
On Helen’s 50th
anniversary of graduating
from Radcliffe College, She
was awarded the Alumnac
Achievement Award.
They also showed pride in
her by dedicating the
Helen Keller Garden in her
Honor.
10. The Miracle Worker
Helen Keller’s
childhood education
became a film called
The Miracle Worker.
First it as a play by
William Gibson and it
won the Pulitzer
Prize in 1960
The film won an
Oscar in 1962.
