Who is Hellen Keller? What did she do?

Answer 1

My last name is keller ( that is what the K. in my name is for.) so I did a lot of research on her to see if she was related to me at all. She was blind, and def, but she could still read books and wrote some of her own.

Answer 2

Helen Adams Keller was born on 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia, a small rural town in Northwest Alabama, USA. The daughter of Captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adams Keller she was born with full sight and hearing.

Kate Keller was a tall, statuesque blond with blue eyes. She was some twenty years younger than her husband Captain Keller, a loyal southerner who had proudly served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

In February 1882, when Helen was nineteen months old, she fell ill. To this day the nature of her ailment remains a mystery. The doctors of the time called it “brain fever”, whilst modern day doctors think it may have been scarlet fever or meningitis.

Whatever the illness, Helen was, for many days, expected to die. When, eventually, the fever subsided, Helen’s family rejoiced believing their daughter to be well again.

However, Helen’s mother soon noticed how her daughter was failing to respond when the dinner bell was rang or when she passed her hand in front of her daughter’s eyes.

It thus became apparent that Helen’s illness had left her both blind and deaf.

The following few years proved very hard for Helen and her family. Helen became a very difficult child, smashing dishes and lamps and terrorising the whole household with her screaming and temper tantrums. Relatives regarded her as a monster and thought she should be put into an institution.

By the time Helen was six her family had become desperate. Looking after Helen was proving too much for them. Kate Keller had read in Charles Dickens’ book “American Notes” of the fantastic work that had been done with another deaf and blind child, Laura Bridgman, and travelled to a specialist doctor in Baltimore for advice. They were given confirmation that Helen would never see or hear again but were told not to give up hope, the doctor believed Helen could be taught.


(i just did a short bigraphy on her actually!)

Answer 3

Hellen Keller is a blind, deaf and Helpless person who found a way to connect with others.

Answer 4

Hellen Keller was the first deaf and blind person in the world.

Answer 5

Hellen Keller was deaf and Blind and learned to comunicate through touch and speach. Try this link.

Answer 6

she was a girl left blind, deaf, and got a good teacher and learned to aign/communtcate

. In fact, she went to college, wrote nearly a dozen books, traveled all over the world, met 12 U.S. presidents, and lived to be 87. Well, there was such a person, and she was born over a hundred years ago!

Meet Helen Keller, a woman from the small farm town of Tuscumbia, Alabama who taught the world to respect people who are blind and deaf. Her mission came from her own life; when she was 1 1/2, she was extremely ill, and she lost both her vision and hearing. It was like entering a different world, with completely new rules, and she got very frustrated. By the time she was 7, her parents knew they needed help, so they hired a tutor named Anne Sullivan.

Answer 7

Hellen Keller was a deaf/blind woman.
She basically learned to read and was one of the first "handicapable" people.

Answer 8

Helen Keller was deaf, blind, and mute. Who survived through her disabilities and became famous by founding some organization. I'm sorry. I forgot the name.

Answer 9

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was a deafblind American author, activist and lecturer.

Answer 10

She was a woman who at a very young age became deaf and blind but,was eventually able to communicate with the aid of her teacher anne sullivan-macy. She eventually graduated from college was also an accomplished public speaker and if i am not mistaken an author to.