AUTHOR | HELEN KELLER
Helen Keller | Author, political activist, lecturer
Bio:
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. Her birthplace in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, is now a museum and sponsors an annual 'Helen Keller Day'. Her birthday on June 27 is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and was authorized at the federal level by presidential proclamation by President Jimmy Carter in 1980, the 100th anniversary of her birth. A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled and outspoken in her convictions. A member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, she campaigned for women's suffrage
Born: 1880-06-27
Born in: Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S.
Died: 1968-06-01
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All Quotes from the Author Helen Keller 58
“ It has been said that life has treated me harshly; a...
“ I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than ...
“ Truly I have looked into the very heart of darkness,...
“ Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a respo...
“ The best and most beautiful things in the world cann...
“ Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Onl...
“ Keep your face to the sunshine and you shall not see...
“ A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless...
“ Certainly I believe that God gave us life for happin...
“ I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the powe...
“ Once I knew the depth where no hope was, and darknes...
“ More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved b...
“ Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silenc...
“ Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Ch...
“ Walking with a friend in the dark is better than wal...
“ My friends have made the story of my life. In a thou...