BiographyType: Author, political activist, lecturer Born: June 27, 1880 Died: June 1, 1968 (aged 87) Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film "The Miracle Worker". Her birthplace in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, is now a museum and sponsors an annual "Helen Keller Day". Her birthday on June 27 is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and was authorized at the federal level by presidential proclamation by President Jimmy Carter in 1980, the 100th anniversary of her birth. |
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.
My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges.
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
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