![]() She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. Helen Keller (J– June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. Helen Keller, left, with two-year-old Donald Hart on board the ocean liner Independence after the ship docked in 1956 at New York City, New York. Her birthday on June 27 is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in the U.S. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. ![]() She was the first deaf, blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Helen Adams Keller American author, political activist, and lecturer. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the president 1926. Helen Keller 1880-1968, reading the lips of Mrs. Helen Keller, head and shoulders portrait seated view over shoulder looking away to the right taken between January 1891 and January 1894. Helen Keller 1880-1968, with eleanor roosevelt 1936. ![]() ![]()
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