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TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Helen Keller was an extraordinary American author, activist and lecturer. Born in 1880, she became blind and deaf for only 19 months due to illness. This catastrophic loss separated her from the world ...

Helen Keller was a deafblind author and activist best known for her 1902 autobiography, The Story of My Life. She was involved with the suffrage and labor-rights movements and an advocate for ...

As I read Helen Keller's early autobiography The Story of My Life, I found much of what I had passively learned about her being reinforced. Her accomplishments are undeniably impressive. The victim of ...

Born in 1880 and rendered blind, deaf, and mute by a childhood illness, Keller, who appeared impossible to socialize or educate before she met her teacher and companion Annie Sullivan, later earned ...

Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She embarked on a life that would challenge the very notions of human limitation. Keller lost her vision and hearing at the age of ...

♪♪ ♪♪ -This program includes historical descriptions of people with disabilities that many now consider offensive. Viewer discretion is advised. (Rebecca Alexander) My name is Rebecca Alexander. I am ...

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her ...