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	Helen Keller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Helen's pre-teenaged years were marred by allegations that her story, The Frost King (written in 1891) had been plagiarised from The Frost Fairies by Margaret Canby.
		Helen Keller was a member of the Socialist Party and actively campaigned and wrote in support of the working classes from 1909 to 1921.
		Helen Keller also joined the famous labor union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), in 1912 after she felt that parliamentary socialism was "sinking in the political bog." Helen Keller wrote for the IWW between 1916 and 1918.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helen_Keller (1725 words)

	The New Yorker: The Critics: A Critic At Large (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Her responsiveness did not register in her face; he described it as “chillingly empty.” But he judged her educable, and advised her father to apply to Michael Anagnos, the director of the Perkins Institution, for a teacher to be sent to Tuscumbia.
		Her rebuttal to word-mindedness, to vicariousness, to implied chicanery and the living lie, was inscribed deliberately and defiantly in her images of “swordblade” and “rainbow waters.” The deaf-blind person, she wrote, “seizes every word of sight and hearing, because his sensations compel it.
		Her common language was not with the man who crushed a child for memorizing what the fairies do, or with the carpers who scolded her for the crime of a literary vocabulary.
	www.newyorker.com /critics/atlarge?030616crat_atlarge (4628 words)

	Helen Keller Story
		Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880.
		Her pilgrimage from Tuscumbia to worldwide recognition, is an inspiring story which took her from silence and darkness to a life of vision and advocacy.
		Helen Keller was one of the most powerful symbols of triumph over adversity our era has produced, leading Winston Churchill to call her, "the greatest woman of our age."
	www.miamibuenavistalions.com /Helen_Keller_Story.htm (584 words)

	Kidsreads.com - THE WORLD AT HER FINGERTIPS: THE STORY OF HELEN KELLER by Joan Dash
		She lived the first few years of her life like a little savage, unable to be reached by those around her except in the most primitive of human communications, touch.
		Her rage at this "differentness" that she could not understand found its expression in what she later called the Phantom.
		Helen was born in June 1880, on a farm in Alabama.
	www.kidsreads.com /reviews/0590907158.asp (637 words)

	The life of Helen Keller
		Helen became a very difficult child, smashing dishes and lamps and terrorising the whole household with her screaming and temper tantrums.
		Helen was cremated in Bridgeport, Connecticut and a funeral service was held at the National Cathedral in Washington DC where the urn containing her ashes would later be deposited next to those of Anne Sullivan and Polly Thomson.
		Her caseworker contacted the local authority and was told that it was not possible to be reassessed because of staff shortage.
	www.rnib.org.uk /wesupply/fctsheet/keller.htm (3313 words)

	"In Search of the Heroes": Tragedy to Triumph--Helen Keller
		Her mother was Captain Keller's second wife and had been raised in the social circles of Memphis.
		Helen wrote the letters in the grooves, writing with a pencil and guiding the end of the pencil with the index finger of her left hand.
		Her first speech teacher, Sarah Fuller, had her feel the shape of her mouth as she spoke, feeling inside the mouth to feel the position of the tongue.
	www.graceproducts.com /keller/life.html (1871 words)

	Louisiana State Exhibit Museum Inspirtation: The Life of Helen Keller Exhibition
		Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, and died on June 1, 1968.
		Helen Keller received honorary degrees from both Harvard, in 1955, and the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1932.
		Her ashes are in the National Cathedral, Washington, DC.
	www.sec.state.la.us /MUSEUMS/Shreve/keller/shreve-keller.htm (612 words)

	Hall of Fame: Helen Adams Keller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Helen Keller was born in Alabama in 1880.
		Because of this restricted communication her frustration and anger grew and were not relieved until Annie Sullivan, a 20 year old graduate of the Perkins School for the Blind, came to be her teacher.
		More rewarding to Helen Keller than the many honors she received, were the acquaintances and friendships she made with most of the leading personalities of her time.
	www.aph.org /hall_fame/keller_bio.html (608 words)

	Helen Keller
		Helen continued to have tantrums when she was frustrated and Anne would punish her by not "talking" to Helen by spelling with her hands.
		Helen could eventually tell what she was spelling by the feel of her hands.
		Helen Keller wrote to eight Presidents of the United States, and received letters from all of them—from Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 to Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965.
	lasalle-academy.org /keller.html (1038 words)

	Helen Keller
		Helen was almost eight when Anne, twenty, came to her home to help her.
		At first, Helen thought it was a game, but when they went to the water pump a month later, she finally understood.
		I think Helen was a wonderfl person, but she woudn't be the cool person she is with out Anne Sulllivan and Charles White and the other people who helped her.
	www.learningfamily.net /reiser/2kf/faces/k/keller1.html (259 words)

	Amazon.com: Helen Keller: A Life: Books: Dorothy Herrmann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Throughout her long life (1880-1968), Keller worked tirelessly to promote the interests of the handicapped, but she was also an avowed socialist who believed that working-class people deserved a larger share of America's wealth and a racial egalitarian whose support of civil rights horrified her genteel Southern family.
		Helen Keller calls the day she understood the basic concept of language was that all things have names "her soul's birthday." Helen herself says that "Teacher," the name Annie Sullivan insisted Helen use for her literally led her out of a dark silent world and into one where communication was possible.
		The Helen Keller most of us are familiar with is the beligerent and frustrated little girl who in that fateful Spring of 1887, became docile, loving, and all of a sudden able to understand things when she put her hand under the water pump.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226327639?v=glance (2557 words)

	Success Story: Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan
		Keller to the Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts.
		Helen Keller was the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.
		Helen Keller was an activist and a feminist who campaigned for the right of women to vote.
	www.fetaweb.com /success/keller.sullivan.htm (505 words)

	Helen Keller's Story
		Helen Adams Keller was born a healthy child on June 27, 1880, to Captain Arthur H. and Kate Adams Keller of Tuscumbia.
		She dedicated her life to improving the conditions of the blind and the deaf-blind around the world, lecturing in more than 25 countries on the five major continents.
		Her teacher, Anne Sullivan, is remembered as "the Miracle Worker" for her lifetime dedication, patience and love to a half-wild southern child trapped in a world of darkness.
	www.bham.net /keller/story.html (486 words)

	Joe Hill's Story: Helen Keller's Protest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Helen Keller, in 1915 a recognized national heroine for her triumph over multiple disabilities, dispatched this heartfelt plea to President Woodrow Wilson just days before Hill's rescheduled execution.
		Her life movingly portrayed in books, theater and, eventually, film, Keller was an outspoken critic of the nation's economic and working conditions.
		Woodrow Wilson quickly told Keller that there was nothing more he could do for Joe Hill, but subsequent pressure from organized labor convinced Wilson to attempt a second intervention to block the execution at the eleventh hour.
	www.kued.org /joehill/story/keller.html (105 words)

	HELEN KELLER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/10/1955
		HELEN KELLER's (1880-1968) life story was the basis of the movie, The Miracle Worker (1962).
		Although illness left her blind and deaf at the age of 19 months, she learned to read, write, speak and became a public figure and an example of achievement despite her handicaps.
		Keller's film biography, Helen Keller in Her Story, produced by playwright NANCY HAMILTON, won an Oscar for best feature length documentary in 1955, the year of this letter.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/9_2003/women/HELEN_KELLER.htm (274 words)

	The Unconquered (1954) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Plot Outline: A documentary on the amazing life of Helen Keller, in 1882, aged 19 months she fell ill with what was termed "brain fever" (now believed to be scarlet fever or meningitis) which left her deaf and blind, made when she was 74 years old.
		Her background and early years are covered by newsreel clips and stills, while the camera follows her on her normal, everyday activities and workaday routine of visits, missions and social activities.
		HELEN KELLER IN HER STORY also give you a chance to walk with Helen Keller at her own home and meet some of the world famous people that she influenced.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0048157 (425 words)

	Perkins School for the Blind: Helen, Keller, birthday, legacy, Steven, Rothstein, op-ed, article, articles, president, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		On her 125th birthday, Helen Keller continues to inspire us and change the way we think about people with disabilities and what they can accomplish.
		During her lifetime, she distinguished herself as an author and champion for the rights of people with disabilities, women’s suffrage, pacifism and civil rights.
		Helen Keller is a symbol of the human spirit’s ability to overcome all challenges.
	www.perkins.org /news_details.php?StepTwo_ID=78 (756 words)

	Helen Keller Day
		In 1946, Keller became a counselor on international relations for the American Foundation for Overseas Blind (a sister organization to the American Foundation for the Blind).
		Keller made her last major public appearance in Washington, D.C., USA, in 1961.
		Her request to the Lions 43 years earlier inspired the international organization to adopt the Sight Conservation and Work with the Blind Program as a major service initiative.
	www.lionsclubs.org /EN/content/vision_services_keller.shtml (479 words)

	† Helen Keller Biography Facts Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As a young toddler, Helen Keller falls ill with a high fever that robs her of her sight and hearing, cutting her off from human communication.
		When Anne arrives at the Keller household, she implores them to allow Helen to be alone with her so she can focus Helen’s attention on learning to behave.
		With the help of her patient and determined teacher, Helen is successful in overcoming obstacles and learns to communicate.
	nestfamily.com /store/product_detail.asp?ProductID=HKD&... (310 words)

	BusterSoft's Helen Keller BookShelf
		Helen Adams Keller was born at Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1880.
		By 1887 Helen Keller was a child living in rage and frustration, until Anne Sullivan was encouraged by Alexander Graham Bell to undertake teaching her.
		Helen Keller graduated from Radcliffe in 1904, and went on to write more than a dozen books, became active in political causes of the day (some she would later regret - but she was influenced by the academic notions of her era).
	www.bustersoft.com /bookshelf/keller.htm (473 words)

	HELEN KELLER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/11/1953
		Thanking the producer of her film biography and the actress who narrated the documentary.
		Helen Keller's film biography, produced by NANCY HAMILTON and narrated by KATHARINE CORNELL, actually premiered on May 7, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama on the same day that her home, "Ivy Green" in Tuscumbia, was made a permanent shrine to the blind and deaf mute who touched the world.
		POLLY THOMPSON, a Scotswoman who had joined Keller's household in 1914, served as her devoted nurse-companion until her death in 1960.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/10_2000/women/HELEN_KELLER.htm (347 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Shows her early life, her education, and work.
		Also depicts her travel experiences, showing the notables she met.
		Ends with her speech lessons and daily living habits.
	www.captionedmedia.org /titledetail.asp?dn=1981&eid=1 (27 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The first episode, "Helen Keller in Her Story," debuted today on The Discovery Channel from 9-10 a.m.
		This is a simple yet moving film in which Helen Keller evokes the personal drama of her story of courage, faith, perseverance, hope -- and exploration.
		The curriculum was field-tested in the fall of 1990 in five major school districts with approximately 200 teachers and 6,000 students participating in the pilot.
	science.ksc.nasa.gov /shuttle/missions/status/r91-147 (368 words)

	RNIB - Error (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Claire's story - After graduating from university, Claire found it hard to find a job.
		She decided to do something to show employers that although she was blind she was still capable of doing a ‘normal’ job.
		It has also allowed me to develop new skills which will benefit me in the work place." Claire's full story.
	rnib.org.uk /xpedio/.../documents/publicwebsite/public_keller.hcsp (183 words)

	Helen Keller holds her Oscar - American Foundation for the Blind
		Helen Keller holds her Oscar - American Foundation for the Blind
		Home > Helen Keller > Photographs > 1946-1968 > Helen Keller holds her Oscar
		Helen Keller holds her Oscar award for the documentary,
	www.afb.org /info_document_view.asp?documentid=889 (115 words)

	The Story of My Life - By: Helen Keller - Christianbook.com
		Before she was two years old, a serious illness destroyed Helen Keller's sight and hearing.
		At seven, alone and withdrawn, she was rescued by Anne Sullivan, her teacher and friend.
		Enthusiastic and untiring, Helen Keller's life is deservedly inspirational and stands before all of us as an example of what we can accomplish, given fortitude and purpose.
	www.christianbook.com /Christian/Books/product?item_no=13873 (172 words)

	RECOLLECTION USED BOOKS: Socialism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		HELEN KELLER: Her Socialist Years; Writings and Speeches.
		A historian interprets the fascinating story of the years of ferment when American culture came of age.
		Signed by the Author on the title page and Signed by Helen Nearing on the dedication page (the book is dedicated to her).
	www.eskimo.com /~recall/cats/socialism.htm (5273 words)

	The Helen Keller Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Helen Keller Papers, which constitute the majority of the archival repository, are fascinating in scope and content.
		During Miss Keller's lifetime, she not only met, but often formed lasting friendships with the great national and international personalities of her day, from Alexander Graham Bell to Woodrow Wilson.
		Click here for The Life of Helen Keller by The Royal National Institute for the Blind.
	www.wraygraphics.com /hkfest/helen_keller.html (256 words)

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