Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968)
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Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968)
Early life
Helen Adams Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, 1880. She
was the daughter of newspaper editor Captain Arthur Keller and his wife,
Kate Adams Keller. At the age of 19 months, Helen was struck with a severe
illness (called "brain fever" a ....
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.... first day and soon learned to
sign the alphabet, write and eventually speak. Helen learned to read lips
by pressing her fingertips to the speaker's lips and feeling the vibrations
and movement. This method, called Tadoma, is extremely difficult; very few
master it.
Helen had mastered Braille, the manual alphabet and the typewriter by the
age of 10. By age 16, she could speak well enough to go to prep school and
college. In 1888, Helen and her teacher went to the Perkins School for the
Blind, ....
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