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             Helen Keller was a famous American author and writer. Helen


Keller was born on June 27th 1880 and she was born in the United States.
Her parents are Auther Henley Keller and Adams Keller. Helen Keller
Father was an editor  and served as a captain in the American Army force.
Her mother was a housewife. She was the only child in her family. When
she was 19 months old, she got an unknown fever which caused  blindness
and deafness. She was in trouble growing up as a deaf-blind person.  She
always wanted to write, talk and draw though life didn’t give her a chance
to survive as an ordinary person, she desired to understand surroundings
around her. When the great teacher came into her life, everything had
changed for Helen; however, she went on to live an amazing life.
          Helen’ parents wanted to bring the teacher to her home in the case of
Helen ‘s learning. In 1887, Anne Sullivan came to live with Helen and  her
parents. During her first month with Helen was great and Helen learnt 30
words per day. She wanted to learn how to talk  despite the fact, she
couldn’t hear anything but she learnt with feeling. She learnt reading by
dots and braille.In 1889, she moved to a city in Massachusetts with her
teacher. She went there to study in college. She entered  Cambridge
University for young ladies. In 1900 she went to the Radcliffe  College of
Harvard University before she went to that university, she also went to
the school for deaf and learnt some lectures there.  At the age of 24 ,she
was the first deaf-blind person who got a bachelor of Arts degree. She
learnt to speak  and spent much of her life giving motivational speeches on
aspects of her life. During her studying there, she wrote a book about “The
story of my life”. Two years later, she finished writing her book.
Furthermore, she wrote tons of different books. In 1940, she became the
first deaf-blind person who finished university.
She visited over 190 countries with Anne and they went on to live together
until Anne died in 1936. She suffered from strokes prior to her death. She
died on June 1th 1969. Helen’s life has been interpreted many times. Books
which were written by her were famous and voted for her passion. After
all, she was a wonderful and brilliant person who shocked the world in
order to provide attention and education for deaf , blind people who
deserved it as ordinary people. Her life’s story became an inspiration for
people and THE STORY OF MY LIFE became the first book written by deaf
and blind person in the world. Helen Keller was the first  deaf and blind
woman ever who did the glorious things which could affect every single
person’s life. She was an extraordinary woman and exemplary person for
every generation.

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