Helen Keller

Helen was an author and a social worker in the United States. Although unable to see, hear or speak, she overcame all these handicaps. Moreover, she devoted her life to the welfare of bling, deaf people and gave them a light of hope. She is commonly called “The Holy Woman with a Triple Handicap”, of “ The Angel of Light”
Helen Keller was born as the daughter of landlord in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She was born health, however, lost both of her sight and hearing by a terrble febrile disease when she was only 18 months old. Helen’s parent were worried about her and hired Anne Sullivan as her tutor when she was seven years old. Thanks to Anne Sullivan’s strict and perseverant education, Helen learned hoy to write and enterd Perkins school for the blind people when she was eight. After learning how to speak from school master of the Boston school for the Deaf at the age of ten, she made active efforts to overcome her difficulties. In 1900, at the age twenty, she entered Havard University’s Radcliff College, where she graduated with honor
After graduating, Helen was appointed as a memver of the Massachusetts State Blind Person Relief Committe in the year 1906 and worked hard to improve society. In 1924, she began lecturing for the American Foundation for the Blind. She game lectures throughtout the U.S. And the world where she raised funds to establish public welfare and educational facilities for the deaf and blind people. Moreover, she devoted her whole life to improving living conditions and understanding handicapped people. On the first of June, 1968, Helen Keller passed away at the age of 87 in Wesport, Connecticut. Helen srote The Story of My life, Out of the Deak, My Religion, and other.
Anne Sullivan’s efforts immensely influenced Helen’s modern day legacy. In spite of her handicaps, Helen’s strong will and perseverance gave her the streghth to continue life and carve out her future. Her spirit of love and service for the less fortunate people is and impressive model for everyone

I am Helen Keller. When I was very young, I lost my sight and my hearing. I lived in a world of silence and drakness until I met my teacher, Anne. She taught my how to understand words. Eventually, I became famous, and inspired many people

My name is Anne Sullivan, and I was Helen’s teacher. It was hrad work, but I taught her to understand words and read special books for the blind. I helped her for the rest of my life, as she went to university and later worked to help blind and deaf people.


We’re Helen’s parents. We lived in Alabame, USA. It was hard for us to raised Helen on our own, but luckily we got some help from some wonderful, talented people


I’m Polly Thompson. I worked for Helen and Anne after Anne got sick. I cooked and did housework, boy I also read books for Helen and helped her write her books


My name is Mark Twain. I am a popular American writer. I met Helen when she was a young woman. I whould tell her funny stories and jokes, and she would laugh. We became friends
This is what happend to a little girl named Helen Keller
When she was eighteen months old, she became very ill with a fever
But she paid a terrible price; she had lost the ability to both see and hear
Her father was a former army captain who owned a newspaper.
They lived on a large farm outside of town.
She had no way of knowing about birthdays, Chrismas or school
There was nothing wrong with Helen’s mind, but there was so much that she could not learn naturally.
And she learned a few signs, like pushing for “go” and pulling for “come”
Then she would cry and not understand what had happened.
On Helen’s sixth birthday, her mother prepared a special supper.
Quickly, she grabbed a handful of cake and put it intio her mouth.
Mrs. Keller took the cake and put it high out of Helen’s reach.
That evening, Mr. And Mrs. Keller sat by themselves at the super table.
If only we could find someone who could help her
About a week later, Helen noticed a change around the house
For the first time in her life, Helen rode on a train.
But she could feel that she was moving fast
A famous doctor who helped blind children lived there
When the doctor looked at Helen’s eyes and ears, he had sad news.
She could feel his strong, gentle hands as he lifted her up and put her on his lap
Dr. Bell told Kellers about a school for blind called the Perkins Institute.
He spells the words on the palm of their hands
She did not know that her life was about to change
Suddenly, Helen felt new footsteps on the porch.
Helen’s fingers raced over the strange’s face, clothes, and suitcase
She threw the doll away and ran out the room to find her mother
This was Helen’s first meeting with Anne Sullivan


Helen Keller’s name of famous throughout the world, but not many people know the name of her teacher. Yet without Anne Sullivan, it’s likely Helen Keller would have remained largely unknown.

If it interesting to note that both Helen and Anne had to overcome diffivult obstacles in their childhoods. Of course, Helen’s obstacles were far more serious than Anne’s. Boy Anne did not have an easy life as a child either. Certainly, her difficulties prepared her to teach Helen.
When she was five years old, she became ver sick. As a result, her eyesight became very poor. At the age of seven, her mother died, and her father ran away. Anne and her brother were sent to an orphanafe. Fortunately, a governmental worker took pity on her. He arrenged to have her send to Perkins Institute and to have several operations on her eyes.
These operations were successful in restoring most of her sight. Anne graduated at the top of her class from school. When the instute’s director heard of Helen Keller, he sent Anne to Helen.
Anne devoted her lofe and career to Helen. In return, Helen gave Anne a sense of family, something that she had lost so early in life
She had been blind, but when she was sixteen, she had an operation
She wanted to help this young girl who was going through the same difficulties she had
She had a teacher who gave her interesting things to play with
Whatever they did, Anne was teaching Helen
She also try to make Helen behave like a proper girl.
She would walk aroung and put her fingers into everyone’s food.
Anne forced Helen to sit in her chair and to stay here
But we can’t let her think that she can do whatever she wants just because she blind and deaf.
The stopped at the pump where the family got water.
Then something happened that changed Helen’s life forever/
When the water poured over Helen’s hank Anne took Helen’s other hand and spelled “W-A-T-E-R” as usual.
For the rest of Helen’s life, she always called Anne “Teacher”.

When Helen smiled in understanding, Mrs. Keller put her hand over her mouth.
Tears of happiness were in her eyes.
Whenever Helen touched something new, Anne spelled its name.


Many years later, when Helen wrote about her life, she remevered that wonderful day.
I had been a little ghost in a nothing world.
I wasn’t long before Helen could ask question by spelling words.
She held her finger in a bowl of water to feel baby frogs swimming around.



Helen soon understood that the raised dots spelled words.
It took Helen several days to memorize all letter.
Tomorrow you will have your first book in Braille so that you can start reading.



She even learned how to dress herself neatly and how to make her own bed.
But now she could feel the frown on her teacher’s face when she was a bad girl.
When Christmas came that year, it was the first one that Helen could understand.
She was sitting under the tree holding her new doll.
I thank God every day of my life for sending to us



Just before Helen’s eight birthday, Mrs. Keller, Anne and Helen got on a train for Massachusetts.
The trip was very different from Helen’s last train ride.
This time, she understood where they were going and why
Helen ran barefoot across the warm sand.
Before Anne could stop her, Helen ran straight to the ocean.
A big wave knocked her over, and she tumbled into the water sand.
At the end of the summer, Helen and Anne moved into the Perkins Institute.
For the first time in her life, Helen had friends her own age.
Newspapers in Boston started printing stories about the little blind and deaf girl.
Helen didn’t become spoiled from all this attention.
At the age of eleven, Helen began to write books and poems herself
It was about little blind and deaf boy named Tommy who had no family.
They raised enough money to bring little Tommy to the Perkins Institute.
By helping Tommy, Helen learned how good it feels to help others.
Then Helen would try to copy the way Miss Fuller’s mouth and tongue move.
At last, one day, she could say a whole sentence that Anne could understand.
When they heard Helen greet them with her own voice they were amazed.
She would spell the teacher’s words into Helen’s hand.
While she was in New York, Helen met a very famous writer named Mark Twain
First she had to go to another school and study to prepare for college.
Her father was ill, and could not afford this kind of education.
He encouraged her to go to collage.
He thought she would cause too many problem.
You must let my try a true soldier does not admit defeat before the battle.
The president was impressed by her letter and changed his mind.
Helen’s first formal school, the Perkins Institute, is one of many American institutions came into being through the generosity of good hearted people.
In early 1820’s, Dr. John Fisher had the idea of a school for the blind. Dr. Fisher and several generous people in Boston opened the school in 1832. On of those people , Thomas Perkins, donated his large house for the school ! The people who work at this Perkins Institute, have done much help blind and deaf people live fuller lives.
Through out her life, Helen was very grateful for the generosity of others. Without the help of such people as Dr.Fisher, Mr.Perkins, Mark Twain, she would not have bad such a successful life. Therefore, when Helen was still young, she decided to spend her life helping others. In her story, you read about how she helped the little boy named Toomy. Her efforts to help other people continue to this very day with Helen Keller Foundation. This organization’s goal in to end blindness and deafness through medical research. This purpose reflects Helen’s belief that no obstacle is too difficult to overcome
They even elected Helen to be the vice-president of their class!
Helen’s poems and writings were so good that John Macy helped her publish some of them in a book.
Her writings gained fame, and a magazine editor asked her to write the story of her life
This was because Anne was feeling the strain of all reading.
She hoped that Anne would feel the same for John.
In June of 1904, Helen and Anne were rewarded for all of their hard work.
Anne watched Helen take her diploma with a deep sense of pride
The next year, it was Helen’s turn to be present at a special event for Anne.
But Helen had to decide what kind of job she should have.
In can reach more people and explain the type of training that these children need.
I can teach them what you taugh me : that they mush not be defferent because they are blind or deaf.
We have made our voices sore talking to thousands of people.
Both Anne and Helen were worry to se him leave.
This is how Polly Thompson , a young Scottish girl, came into their lives.
The fighting couse more changes in Helen’s life.
Helen, Anne, and Polly were very sad to hear of the soldiers who were killed or wounded.
Most people were too busy with the war to pay any attention to Helen’s messager.
He wanted her to star in a movie about her life
She was very happy to hear that Congress had set aside money for more books for the blind.
Some of these books could be played on record players.
By this time, Helen was famous around the world.
Anne was 70 years old, and all the work she had done coused her to go blind again.
She had seen Helen grow into a successful woman despite her disabilities.
Helen felt almost as if she had died also.
A light has gone out that can never shine for me again
A short time later, an official telegram came from Japan.
Going to Hapan required a long trip across the Pacific Ocean.
We must help to build schools for them, just as we are doing in America.
Also, enough money was raised to begin several new schools for b lind and deaf Japanese children.
I didn’t see anything interesting on my walk.
It made her wish she could see, even if it were for only a short time
Finally, she would go for a long walk in the woods and look at all the new things there.
She felt sad to be reminded of Anne all the time.
She told them that they could still work and be productive members of society.
You must learn to be a part of the world and not outside of it.
For many of these soldiers, Helen’s words brought them new hop and courage.
Worst of all, Helen’s book about her Teacher, Anne, was gone.
Helen had been working on that book for several years, and it had been almost finished.
The very first thing I will do when we get back is to start that book again.
Inside were gift from friends from all over the world !
I cannot stop grow old when there is so much work still to do.
It was a little easier by planethan it had been by train.
This award was given to people who had achieved outstanding success in helping the blind
Helen always remembered that all the recognition, honors, and awards she recived were because of her Teacher, Anne.
When Helen finished her book about Anne’s life, it was one of the best books she had ever written.