1. Helen Keller Died on: June 1,1968 Born on: June 27, 1880 Lighting The Way for the Blind and the Deaf

2. 1882 Helen Keller was only 2 years old when she developed an illness leaving her blind and deaf.

3. 1887 Anne Sullivan becomes Helen’s teacher; Helen discovers the meaning of language at the water pump.

4. 1890 Helen begins voice lessons at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston.

5. 1888 She visits the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston.

6. 1894 She attends the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New YorkCity.

7. 1896 Her father, Arthur Henley Keller, dies; enrolls in the Cambridge School for Young Ladies.

8. 1897-1898 Leaves the Cambridge School and is privately tutored.

9. 1900 Enters Radcliffe College.

10. 1903 She publishes her autobiography, “The Story of My Life.”

11. 1904 Graduates with honors from Radcliffe College; she and Sullivan buy a farmhouse in Wrentham, Massachusetts.

12. 1905 Anne Sullivan marries John Macy.

13. 1908 Keller writes “The World I Live In.”

14. 1909 She joins the Socialists Party of Massachusetts.

15. 1913 Publishes “Out of The Dark”,a series of essays on socialism.

16. 1914 Macy and Sullivan separate; Polly Thompson becomes part of the household.

17. 1916 Peter Fagan Keller becomes romantically involved with Peter Fagan.

18. 1917 Moves to Forest Hills, New York, with Sullivan and Thompson.

19. 1919 Appears in the movie Deliverance, based on her life.

20. 1920-1924 Performs on the vaudeville circuit.

21. 1924 She begins working for the American Foundation for the Blind.

22. 1931 Helps establish uniform Braille code; aids in creating national system of libraries for the blind.

23. 1932 John Macy dies; Keller receives honorary doctor of law degree from University of Glasgow.

24. 1933 Nella Braddy’s biography Anne Sullivan Macy is published.

25. 1936 Anne Sullivan dies.

26. 1937 Keller travels to Japan on behalf of the blind.

27. 1946-1957 She begins touring for the American Foundation for the Overseas Blind.

28. 1948 Hiroshima Castle, Hiroshima, Japan Travels to Hiroshima, Japan.

29. 1953 The Unconquered, a documentary of Keller’s life, is released.

30. 1955 Publishes Teacher, a biography of Anne Sullivan.

31. 1957 TheMiracle Worker, a drama based on Helen Keller’s childhood, is broadcasts live on television.

32. 1960 Polly Thompson dies.

33. 1961 Keller has a stroke.

34. 1964 Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

35. 1965 Elected to Women’s Hall of Fame.

36. 1968 Dies on June 1 after suffering a heart attack.

37. The End