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Helen Keller
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Helen Keller holding a magnolia, ca. 1920. | |
| Born | Helen Adams Keller (1880-06-27)June 27, 1880 Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | June 1, 1968(1968-06-01) (aged 87) Arcan Ridge Easton, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, political activist, lecturer |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
| Notable works | The Story of My Life |
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Helen Adams Keller was an Americanwriter and speaker.
She was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1880.
Helen Keller - Family, Quotes & Teacher - Biography
Her father was Arthur H. Keller and her mother was Kate Adams Keller.[1] When she was nineteen months old, she became sick and lost her eyesight and hearing. The doctor didn't know what it was, so he called it a "congestion of the stomach and brain." Some people say that it was scarlet fever or meningitis. Communicating with other people was hard for Helen, because she could not see or hear.
She made up some home signs that she used to communicate with her family. The home signs Helen Keller - Educator and Activist, Age, Children, - Biography KEM