Posted
on June 27, 2015
One
of the most famous blind people in the world was also deaf.
One
of the most famous deaf people in the world was also blind.
Of
course, I'm talking about the same person: Helen Keller, who was the
first deafblind person to earn a bachelor of arts (university)
degree. She became an author, lecturer, and political activist. She
worked on behalf of workers' rights, women's right to vote, and other
causes.
The
story of her teacher Anne Sullivan breaking through Keller's
isolation as a child, allowing her to communicate, to learn, and to
blossom into a contributing member of society, was immortalized in
the play and film The Miracle Worker. Keller's
birthplace, the town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, has been turned into a
museum, and Helen Keller Day is celebrated by the state of
Pennsylvania, Tuscumbia, and others.
Keller
has been inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame and appears
on the Alabama state quarter. (That quarter is the only circulating
U.S. coin to feature braille.) Hospitals, streets, and schools have
been named for Keller – and not just in Alabama or even the U.S.;
there are streets named for her in at least Switzerland, Spain,
Israel, Portugal, France, and the U.S.!
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from Helen Keller today:
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more about Helen Keller. Try this or this video.
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