At the age of six, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, a teacher at Perkins School for the Blind, was hired as Keller's teacher. Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher, teaches Keller sign language and Braille. William Gibson wrote a stage play and a film "Miracle Maker", telling the story of this teacher and student.
Keller/kloc-began to learn to speak when he was 0/0 years old. Sarah Fullerworth of Horace Mann School was Keller's first lecture teacher.
1898, Keller entered Cambridge Girls' School. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/900, Keller entered Radcliffe College. 1904, Keller obtained a bachelor of arts degree with honors.
Miss Sullivan has been with Keller for many years. She wrote the textbooks, class contents and dialogues in Keller's hands, so that Keller could understand the relevant contents.
Keller's personal jihad
19 15, Keller participated in the board of directors of the War Fund for the Relief of the Permanent Blind, which was later renamed American Braille Press.
1924, young Keller launched the Helen Keller Endowment Fund. In the same year, Keller joined the American Foundation for the Blind as a consultant on national and international relations.
On June 30th, 1925, Keller gave a speech at the Lions Club International Annual Meeting held in Cedar Point, Ohio, USA. She asked the lion to become a "soldier of the blind and defeat the dark army". Please click here to read her full speech. She said, "I will open a window of opportunity for you. I'm knocking at your door. 」
From 65438 to 0946, Keller became the international relations consultant of the American Overseas Blind Foundation (the sister society of the American Blind Foundation). She has been to 35 countries.
Keller's life was filmed. From 65438 to 0955, The Biography of Helen Keller won the Oscar for Best Documentary Award from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Keller's last public appearance in Washington was at 196 1. She accepted the lifetime humanitarian service award from the Lions Club.
Keller died in June, 1968 at the age of 87. Her appeal to the Lions Club 43 years ago inspired many international organizations to take "vision care and cooperation with the blind" as their main service purpose.
197 1 year, the Lions Club of Alabama built Helen Keller Memorial Park. The park is located in the Ivy Green, Keller's birthplace. Due to the completion of the park, lions clubs in 37 countries have invested in it. The focus of the memorial park is the bust of Keller, engraved with her famous saying "I open a window of opportunity for you".
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