Read a short brief of Helen Keller, an inspiring lady who fought for women and the betterment of living. Never Bend Your Head. Always Hold it High. Look the world. Straight in the face. -Helen Keller

1. Helen Keller-An Idol
Let’s rewind an inspiring history of Helen Keller-The one and only women who
deserves to be the best Idol and an inspiring women.
Who is Helen Keller:-
Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. In 1882, she
fell ill and was struck blind, deaf and mute. She becomes deaf and blind at the age
of 19 months.
Her Childhood Days:-
When Helen was six years old, her mother Kate visited scientist Alexander Graham
Bell, who had been working with deaf children, and suggested Helen’s family to
write to Michael Anagnos, the director of the Perkins Institution located at Boston,
Massachusetts.
Following the meeting, Keller was assigned a partially sighted teacher named Anne
Sullivan who started communicating with Keller by spelling words on her hand, but
her attempts had limited success. Helen and Anne Sullivan became the soul mates
when days passed . She started teaching words to Helen by finger spelling,
touching and made her to feel the words.
Doll:-
The very first word Helen came to know was “Doll”. She made her understand the
gift of a doll she had brought along. The next word she taught to her is “Water”.
There was a huge struggle when she was teaching this word to Helen. Meanwhile,
when they went out for a walk, they saw water droplets coming out from a pump
and Sullivan made her understand the word by making her realize it. Keller moved
to other objects with Sullivan in tow. By nightfall, she had learned 30 words.
The days rolled by and Helen went on to study at the Cambridge School for Young
Ladies and in the autumn of 1900 she entered Radcliffe College becoming the first
deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

2. Keller’s Killer Works:-
Helen keller was an extra ordinary writer and she received many honors for her
eminent writings.
She wrote number of books and essays including The Story Of My Life (1903), which
became a renowned classic, The World I Live In (1909), Out Of The Dark (1913), a
series of essays on socialism, and finally Teacher, published in 1955.

3. In 1953 a documentary film The Unconquered was made about Keller's life, which
went on to win an Academy Award. A drama portraying Anne Sullivan's success in
communicating with Helen as a child called The Miracle Worker appeared as a
television play and on Broadway and went on to win critical acclaim.
Helen –The Activist:-
Besides being a successful writer, she was a member of the Socialist Party of
Massachusetts, US and spent years fundraising to improve life for blind and deaf
people. She played an active role in raising the livelihoods of deaf and blind people.
Her activism became a major factor in changing life for those with sensory loss.
After years of campaign work and literary success, in October 1961 Keller suffered
the first of a series of strokes. She spent her remaining years at her home in Easton,
Connecticut, USA, and on 1 June, 1968, Keller died in her sleep. Her ashes were laid
next to her dedicated teacher Sullivan. Even death can’ t separate Helen Keller and
Anne Sullivan.
Never Bend Your Head. Always Hold it High. Look the world. Straight in
the face.
-Helen Keller