Helen Keller

Helen Keller

1880- 1968

At first life was normal for little Helen Keller, and then one frightful day Helen got a high fever.That left her deaf, and blind. Her mother did not know at the time so when she did not respond to the dinner bell her mother started to worry. And when she walked over to her, and was talking to her Helen did not even move. So her mother waved her hand in front of her face she did not make a sound. She was more worried than she had ever been, so was her father. When the doctor diagnosed Helen to be deaf and blind, they went to pieces. But a few months later, Helen's father becomes a complete pushover for his little girl. Soon she turned into a completely different child, she was no longer the sweet little girl everyone loved. She became a terror to everyone in the household. Once she even locked her mom in a storage room! Another time she almost trampled her baby sister! Her parents finally decided to hire a teacher for Helen. Her name was Annie Sullivan. She to was deaf at one point so she had a heavy heart for Helen. The first time she saw Helen she ran up to hug her but Helen had other plans. She pushed her away and started to scream! The next day they began her lessons. Any time Helen played a prank, or did something bad she would be corrected. Annie taught her how to eat with a fork and how to have manners. Annie also taught Helen how to be polite when in public and at home. Annie also taught her how to spell into her hands. That is how she learned how to read. Annie taught Helen lots of things that helped her become successful. Helen even got to go to college at Radcliffe University in New York. After college Helen continued on to a amazing life. She protested woman's suffrage, helped the deaf and the blind, visited soldiers before they went to war and when they got back. Helen Keller died in 1968 after living a life many thought was impossible. Helen Keller taught us that nothing is impossible no matter what is stacked against you in life!

*information was found from "Helen Keller- A photographic story of a life. Written by Leslie Garrett"