Hellen Keller

By gmazcar

  • Was born

    Hellen Keller is born in Tuscumbia, Alabama.

  • Got sick

    At 19 months, she became both deaf and blind due to an illness.

  • Met her teacher

    Anne Sullivan arrived in Tuscumbia to become Keller's teacher.

  • Words

    She learnt her first word, "water"

  • First book

    Keller's autobiography, "The Story of My Life," is published.

  • Degree

    She became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from Radcliffe College.

  • Award

    She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, from President Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Death

    She died on June 1st at the age of 87.