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Helen Keller

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[0:05 am, 21/05/2022]    Helen Keller was an American educator, advocate for the visually and hearing impaired, and co-founder of the ACLU. When she was two, she suffered from illness, and Keller was  blind and deaf. From 1887, her teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her improve her communication skills significantly, and Keller graduated from college in 1904. She received many honors throughout her life for her achievements .Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Keller was the first of two daughters born to Arthur H. Keller and Catherine Adam Skeller. Keller's father was an officer of the South Army during the Civil War. She also had two older brothers-in-law. Keller was born visually and audibly, and she started speaking at the age of six months. She started walking at the age of one. When she was two years old, Keller lost both her sight and hearing in just 19 months. In 1882, she became ill with a illness called "brain fever" by her doctor, and her temper...