Helen Keller

Birth

Jun 27, 1880

Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, June 27 1880.

Illness

1882

Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing at just 19 months old, and doctors think it was from a disease called Scarlet Fever.

First Word

1887

Helen Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, bought Helen to a water pump and taught her the fist word she ever spoke, which was water.

Student Meets Teacher

Mar 3, 1887

Anne Sullivan went to Helen Keller's house to teach her how to communicate with other people.

School For The Blind

1888

Helen starting going to the Perkins Institute for the blind.

School For The Deaf

1894

Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, went to New York to attend the Wright-Humason School for the deaf, and the Horace Mann School For The Deaf, to learn from Sarah Fuller.

First Book Published

1905

Helen Keller's wrote a book, The Story Of My Life, and it is about her life from her childhood to when she is 21.

Club Member

1924

Helen Keller became a member of the American Federation for the Blind.

Award

1936

The Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to Helen Keller on 1936.

Honor

1946

In 1946, Helen Keller was appointed counselor of international relations for the American Foundation of Overseas Blind.

Sickness

1961

Helen Keller suffered some strokes, and after that she stayed at her house in Connecticut.

Accomplishments

1965

Helen Keller was in the Hall Of Fame in 1965.

Death

Jun 1, 1968

Helen Keller died in her sleep on June 1, 1968, just a few weeks before her 88th birthday.