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Helen Keller

By jennifer.edenfield

  • Birth

    Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama

  • Strange Fever

    At eighteen months old, Helen has scarlet fever, which left her blind and deaf.

  • The Stranger

    The Stranger
    Annie Sullivan comes to Tuscumbia from the Perkins Institute in Boston, Massachusetts to be Helen's teacher. Annie brought Helen a doll and D-O-L-L was the first word Helen learned how to sign.

  • W-A-T-E-R

    W-A-T-E-R
    Helen makes the connection between the letters W-A-T-E-R and water. The understands that words have meaning.

  • The Letter

    The Letter
    A letter from Perkins Institute, inviting Helen to visit the school in Boston.

  • Summer in Boston

    Helen and Annie spend the summer at Perkins Institute and Plymouth Rock. At the end of the summer, they return to Tuscumbia, AL.

  • Speaking

    Helen wants to learn to speak. She attends the Horrace Mann School.

  • First words

    Sarah Fuller teaches Helen to speak by feeling the vibrations her throat and mouth make. Her first words are "I am not dumb now."

  • A Special Visit

    A Special Visit
    Helen and Annie are invited to the White House to meet President

  • College

    College
    Helen entered college at Radcliffe College

  • Graduation

    Graduation
    Helen graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College.

  • Miss Annie

    Miss Annie
    Annie Sullivan died.

  • A Long Life

    A Long Life
    Helen Keller died.