Who is Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness at the age of 19 months. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven, when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan. Sullivan taught Keller language, including reading and writing. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, Keller attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.She worked for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) from 1924 until 1968. During this time she toured the United States and traveled...
Read Full Biography of Helen Keller
Helen Keller Poems
Top 10 most used topics by Helen Keller
Helen Keller Quotes
- It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
- So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
- I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
- Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
- It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
Comments about Helen Keller
Read All CommentsWrite your comment about Helen Keller
coocoo: Chicken wings are good
Dr.S.Lidia Susan: i love the joy of life
