/ Helen Keller /
"Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and hearing after a bout of illness at the age of nineteen 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, who taught her language, including reading and writing; Sullivan's first lessons involved spelling words on Keller's hand to show her the names of objects around her. She also learned how to speak and to understand other people's speech using the Tadoma method. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, she attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person to earn a "Bachelor of Arts degree."
Born: Helen Adams Keller, June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S.
Died: June 01, 1968, Easton, Connecticut, U.S.
Resting place: Washington National Cathedral
Occupation: Author, political activist, lecturer
Education: Radcliffe College (BA)
Notable works: *The Story of My Life (1903)
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