Inspirational people

1. HELEN ADAMS KELLER
By :
NUR SHAZNIE BT MOHD HASRAN

2. • The name of Helen
Keller is known world
wide as a symbol of
courage.
• Helen was a woman
that was intelligent,
high ambition, and
had great
accomplishment.
• She also devoted her
life to helping others.
WHO IS HELEN
KELLER?

3. • Born 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia,
Alabama
• Parents : Captain Arthur Henley Keller &
Kate Adams Keller
• She had 2 siblings, her sister’s name was
Mildred and her brother’s name was Phillip
• Full sight & hearing
EARLY LIFE

4. • When Helen was 19
months old she suffered
from a disease “an acute
congestion of the
stomach and brain” and
it left her deaf and blind.
• Became a very difficult
child due to her
tantrums.
• At age 6 visited Dr.
Graham Bell who was
working with deaf
children at the time.
• Dr. Graham Bell
HELEN’S ILLNESS

5. • Finger play, Spelling word
into her hand
• Anne began her task with a
doll.
• By spell “d-o-l-l” into Helen’s
hand and let Helen touch
that object with the other
hand.
• Helen quickly learned how to
form all the letter correctly
with her hands and in the
correct order.
• Age of ten Helen had
mastered Braille as well as
the manual alphabet and
even learned to use the
typewriter
FINGER SPELLING

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EDUCATION
1888
Helen attended
Perkins Institute
for the Blind
1894
Attend the
Wright-
Humason
School for the
Deaf
1898
Entered The
Cambridge
School for
Young Ladies
1990
Entered
Radcliff College
1904
Graduated from
Radcliffe
College
First deaf-blind person to obtain a Bachelor of Arts
Degree.
Mastered 5 different languages which is French,
German, Latin,
Greek and English.
Received honorary doctoral degrees from : Temple
and Harvard Universities in the United States, Glasgow
and Berlin Universities in Europe, Delhi University in

8. At age 22 published her own book “The
Story of My Life”
Became a world-famous speaker and
author
Helen & Anne traveled all over the world
to over 39 countries
Write for magazines and newspapers,
issues such as blindness, deafness,
socialism, social issues, and women's
rights
Met every U.S. President from Pres.
Cleveland to Pres. Johnson & was
friends with Alexander Graham Bell,
Charlie Chaplin & Mark Twain
ACOMPLISHMENT

9. 1955
Honorary Academy
Award as the inspiration
for the documentary about
her life, Helen Keller in
Her Story
1964
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the
nation’s highest civilian
award, by President
Lyndon Johnson
On Helen’s 50th
anniversary of graduating
from Radcliffe College,
She was awarded the
Alumnac Achievement
Award.
AWARD

10. • Helen retires from public life
In October 1961
• Even though she was
retired she received many
awards from different
organizations
• Just a few weeks before her
88th birthday, Helen Keller
died peacefully in her sleep
on June 1, 1968, at the age
of 87 at Arcan Ridge,
Connecticut, more than 30
years after the death of
LATER LIFE

11. • Helen Keller’s childhood
education became a film
called The Miracle Worker.
• It was released on October
19th, 1959
• The film won :
Pulitzer Prize in1960
Oscar in 1962
THE MIRACLE WORKER

12. Macdonald, F. (1992). Helen Keller: The Deaf
and Blind Woman Who Conquered Her
Disabilities and Devoted Her Life to
Campaign for Other People (People Who
Have Helped the World). Watford: Exley
Publications Ltd.
Keller, H. (1991). The Story of My Life. New
York: Doubleday.
Keller, H. (2014). In Wikipedia, The Free
Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 15, 2014,
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
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