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Helen Keller

Kellyn,Catherine,Jasmine,Codi, Katelynn Gray

Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She was born on June 27th 1880.When she was born ,she was not surrounded by darkness she began her life being able to see and hear on the farm where her family lived .She ran and played like any other little girl, and she even began to talk when she was quite young. She was not born blind and deaf; it was not until nineteen months of age that she came down with an illness described by doctors "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain". Some people thought it was scarlet fever. Anne Sullivan helped her learn how to communicate. One day Anne was pumping water with Helen. Some of the water splashed out onto Helen's hand. Anne spelled W-A-T-E-R into Helen's hand. It clicked. That day she learned 30 diffrent words that day.She learned how to communicate with people. It helped her to become an author, an activist, and a lecturer. She attended the Royal Institude For the Blind in 1888. In 1904 she graduated from Radcliffe College with honors. Helen was the author of many books, but her autobiography, The Story of My Life, is itself, a miracle. When Anne was trying to teach her well...... lets just say that she was VERY stubborn!

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