Helen keller

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Here are ten surprising facts about Helen Keller's life and accomplishments that many people might not be aware of.

Question: What contribution did Helen Keller make to the woman's suffrage movement? Helen Keller helped in any way she could though deaf and blind that didn't stop her. She put her all into woman having the right that they deserved to have. She used her celebrity to make the world a better place.

American writer, educator and advocate for the disabled Helen Keller arriving in Southampton from New York, 2nd March 1950. A childhood illness left Keller blind, deaf and mute.

At the age of 19 months, Keller suffered from an illness, which is believed to have been scarlet fever, leaving her deaf and blind.

Description: Studio portrait of 10-year-old Helen Keller standing next to her dog. Keller, a white girl, is facing sideways next to a chair with a spaniel sitting on it, who is likely her dog Belle. She rests her left hand on the dog's shoulder, her right hand is resting against her skirt in a fist, with one finger pointing downward. Keller wears a light-colored dress with a bow in the back and dark button-up boots. Note on verso, “Lioness." Full text: Elmer Chickering 21 West St. Boston…

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Today in History: On June 1, 1968, Helen Keller dies in Westport, Connecticut, at the age of 87. Blind and deaf from infancy, Keller circumvented her disabilities to become a world-renowned writer and lecturer. "My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do,” Helen Keller once wrote.

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Helen Keller worked throughout her long life to achieve social justice.