NAME OF LEADER | DESCRIPTION |
HELEN KELLER | Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) She was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness at the age of 19 months. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven, when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan. This young woman taught Keller language, including reading and writing. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, Keller attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. |
DESCRIPTION | NAME OF SITE | CITY | STATE |
BIRTHPLACE | HOME | TUSCUMBIA | ALABAtMA |
ALMA MATER | Wright-Humason School for the Deaf | NEW YORK CITY | NEW YORK |
ALMA MATER | Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | ALLSTON | MASSACHUSSETTS |
ALMA MATER | The Cambridge School of Weston | WESTON | MASSACHUSSETTS |
HOUSE | Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan first came to Wrentham in 1897, they stayed at Red Farm at 430 Franklin St | WRENTHAM | MASSACHUSSETTS |
ALMA MATER | RADCLIFFE COLLEGE | HARVARD | MASSACHUSSETTS |
HOUSE | in 1904, she bought a house in Wrentham, at 349 East St., and she lived there with Sullivan and John Macy, who married Sullivan. | WRENTHAM | MASSACHUSSETTS |
MUSEUM | NATIONAL WOMENS HALL OF FAME -INDUCTEE | SENECA FALLS | NEW YORK |
DIED | HOME | EASTON | CONNECTICUT |
BURIAL | WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL | WASHINGTON DC | WASHINGTON DC |
STATUE | HELEN KELLER MEMORIAL—A BRONZE SCULPTURE | TEWKSBURY | MASSACHUSSETTS |
NAME OF SUFFRAGISTS | DESCRIPTION/TIMELINE |
HELEN KELLER | KELLER WAS BORN ON JUNE 27, 1880, IN TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA, THE DAUGHTER OF ARTHUR HENLEY KELLER (1836–1896), AND CATHERINE EVERETT (ADAMS) KELLER (1856–1921), KNOWN AS “KATE”. HER FAMILY LIVED ON A HOMESTEAD, IVY GREEN,[2] THAT HELEN’S PATERNAL GRANDFATHER HAD BUILT DECADES EARLIER. SHE HAD FOUR SIBLINGS: TWO FULL SIBLINGS, MILDRED CAMPBELL (KELLER) TYSON AND PHILLIP BROOKS KELLER; AND TWO OLDER HALF-BROTHERS FROM HER FATHER’S FIRST MARRIAGE, JAMES MCDONALD KELLER AND WILLIAM SIMPSON KELLER. MENTOR : ANN SULLIVAN TALK MORE IN ANN SULLIVAN PAGE |
NAME OF SUFFRAGISTS | TIMELINE |
HELLEN KELLER | IN MAY 1888, KELLER STARTED ATTENDING THE PERKINS INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND. IN 1894, |
NAME OF SUFFRAGISTS | TIMELINE |
HELLEN KELLER | KELLER MOVED TO NEW YORK TO ATTEND THE WRIGHT-HUMASON SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN 1894 MENTOR : ANN SULLIVAN TALK MORE IN ANN SULLIVAN PAGE |
NAME OF SUFFRAGISTS | TIMELINE |
HELLEN KELLER | LEARN FROM SARAH FULLER AT THE HORACE MANN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. IN 1896, MENTOR : ANN SULLIVAN TALK MORE IN ANN SULLIVAN PAGE |
NAME OF SUFFRAGISTS | TIMELINE |
HELLEN KELLER | AS I’VE SHARED IN PREVIOUS POSTS, HELEN KELLER WAS 16 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE AND HER COMPANION ANNIE SULLIVAN ARRIVED AT OUR SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 1, 1896. MENTOR : ANN SULLIVAN TALK MORE IN ANN SULLIVAN PAGE |
NAME OF SUFFRAGISTS | TIMELINE |
HELLEN KELLER | IN 1900, TO RADCLIFFE COLLEGE OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE LIVED IN BRIGGS HALL SOUTH HOUSE. SHE BECAME THE FIRST DEAF-BLIND PERSON TO EARN A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE MENTOR : ANN SULLIVAN TALK MORE IN ANN SULLIVAN PAGE |
NAME OF SUFFRAGISTS | TIMELINE |
HELLEN KELLER | KELLER HAD A SERIES OF STROKES IN 1961 AND SPENT THE LAST YEARS OF HER LIFE AT HER HOME.SHE DIED IN HER SLEEP ON JUNE 1, 1968, AT HER HOME, ARCAN RIDGE, LOCATED IN EASTON, CONNECTICUT, A FEW WEEKS SHORT OF HER EIGHTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY |
NAME OF SUFFRAGISTS | TIMELINE |
HELEN KELLER | HELEN KELLER GOT BURIED JUNE 1 . 1968 |