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Helen's Birth
Helen Keller was born. -
Helen became sick
Helen became blind, deaf and mute when she was about 2 years old. -
Helen's mother looks for help
Helen’s mother was looking for inspiration in 1886(Helen was about 6 years old) when she came across an article by Charles Dickens, American Notes, and read about the successful education of another blind and deaf child, Laura Bridgman. -
Helen learns to communicate a little bit
Helen and Martha Washington created a type of sign language and by the time Helen was 7 they had more than 60 signs to communicate with each other. -
Anne Sullivan starts working with Helen Keller.
In March 1887, Anne Sullivan went to Helen’s house and started working with Helen right away. -
Helen starts speaking
In 1890 Helen began speech classes at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston. -
Helen attends the Wright-Humason School
In 1894 she started attending the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in N.Y. City. There she worked on improving her communication skills and studied regular academic subjects. -
Helen goes to the Cambridge School for Young Ladies
In 1896 she attended the Cambridge School for Young Ladies a school for young women. -
Helen graduated
Helen graduated from Radcliffe in 1904, at the age of 24. -
Polly Thomson is Helen's Secretary
Polly Thomson had begun working as a secretary for Helen in 1914 and after Anne’s death she became Helen’s companion. -
Helen found Helen Keller International
In 1915 Helen and George Kessler founded and co-founded Helen Keller International to combat the causes and consequences of blindness. -
Helen Dies
Helen died in her sleep on June 1, 1968, just a few weeks before her 88th birthday. -
Anne Sullivan Dies
In 1936 Anne Sullivan died. She had health issues and in 1932 she completely lost her eyesight.