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Helen Keller Project
- 1. Helen Keller Died on: June 1,1968 Born on: June 27, 1880 Lighting The Way for the Blind and the Deaf
- 2. 1882 Helen Keller was only 2 years old when she developed an illness leaving her blind and deaf.
- 3. 1887 Anne Sullivan becomes Helen’s teacher; Helen discovers the meaning of language at the water pump.
- 7. 1896 Her father, Arthur Henley Keller, dies; enrolls in the Cambridge School for Young Ladies.
- 11. 1904 Graduates with honors from Radcliffe College; she and Sullivan buy a farmhouse in Wrentham, Massachusetts.
- 16. 1914 Macy and Sullivan separate; Polly Thompson becomes part of the household.
- 18. 1917 Moves to Forest Hills, New York, with Sullivan and Thompson.
- 22. 1931 Helps establish uniform Braille code; aids in creating national system of libraries for the blind.
- 23. 1932 John Macy dies; Keller receives honorary doctor of law degree from University of Glasgow.