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.