|
|
| |
| 1880—1968,
American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed
illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put
under the charge of Anne Sullivan, who was her teacher and
companion until Sullivan's death in 1936. As a pupil Helen Keller
made rapid progress and was graduated from Radcliffe in 1904 with
honors. She lectured all over America and in Europe and Asia,
raising funds for the training of the blind and promoting other
social causes. Her books include The Story of My Life
(1903), The World I Live In (1908), Helen Keller's
Journal, 1936—1937 (1938), Let Us Have Faith (1940),
and The Open Door (1957). |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
About our
people pages:
Because many visitors have asked for more information
about particular people whose words appear on the site,
we'll try to give you as much information as we can about
individuals. The Amazon links should give you access
to works by the author, though at times they'll display
other books if the author has written an essay or
introduction for those books. |
|
| |
|
I
long to accomplish a great and noble task, but my chief duty is to
accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.
The world is moved along,
not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the
aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. |
| |
|
