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June 27, 1880: Helen Keller is Born
On this day in 1880, Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Following a childhood illness, Helen Keller became blind, deaf, and mute. With the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, Keller made progress with her ability to communicate. She continued her education and went on to graduate from Radcliff College in 1904, becoming the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelors of Arts degree.
Despite her disability, Keller became an author, educator, activist, humanitarian, as well as a co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Learn more about the life of Helen Keller with American Masters’ “Becoming Helen Keller.”
Photo: 1904 photo of Helen Keller (Library of Congress).
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