Keller was born at an estate called Ivy

Keller was born at an estate called Ivy Green, on June 27, 1880, to parents Captain Arthur H. Keller and Kate Adams Keller. She was not born blind and deaf, but was actually a typical, healthy infant. It was not until nineteen months later that an illness destroy her sight and hearing and made her become blind, deaf and mute, and later a spoiled child. Helen Keller as a child Portrait of Helen Keller, 1887.

Anne Sullivan finger spelling into Helen Keller's hand l Helen Keller's new life began on a March day in 1887 when she was a few months short of seven years old. On that day, which she always called "The most important day I can remember in my life, " Anne Mansfield Sullivan came to be her teacher. From that fateful day, the two—teacher and pupil —were inseparable until the death of the former in 1936.

Anne (or Annie) Sullivan

Annie Sullivan was born on April 14 th, 1866, to Irish parents. She had to live in the poorhouse. While she was there, the illness that had been in her eyes since she was three caused her to become blind. On March third, 1887, Annie Sullivan met Helen Keller for the first time, she was to be her governess. Helen Keller had also become blind, but she was also deaf and mute. Annie helped Helen talk, read, write and feel things. Annie made Helen happy and helped her to have a good life. In 1900, Annie helped Helen get into college and Helen On October 19 th, 1936, Annie Sullivan passed away, leaving graduated in 1904. Helen Keller by herself. Annie Sullivan is remembered for the good things she did for Helen Keller and her family. (A Report by Amanda-Lynn Baskwill Grade 5)

Portrait of Helen Keller wearing her academic attire upon her graduation from Radcliffe College, 1904. l In 1900, Helen Keller entered Radcliff College as a regular student. With the help of Anne Sullivan, who spelled the lectures into her hand, Helen Keller graduated in 1904. She was the first deaf-blind person to receive a college degree.

Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan 1920 l Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan seated on a living room couch, using the manual alphabet. Anne wears a dark dress with lace sleeves while Helen wears a dress with a floral pattern.

. Helen Keller seated next Helen Keller listening to a radio, with her left phonograph with her fingertips. hand on its speaker. 1927 1944.

Helen Keller died on June 1, 1968, a few weeks short of her 88 th birthday. Her ashes were placed next to her beloved companions, Anne Sullivan and Polly Thomson, in the St. Joseph's Chapel of Washington Cathedral. l Miss Keller in Stockholm, Sweden at The Manilla School for the Deaf. She is caressing a dove that was coaxed into her hand by Polly Thomson, 1957.