Helen Keller

Helen Keller was born healthy but became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months. In her early years she was unruly and bad-tempered. At the age of 7, Anne Sullivan arrived at her household, becoming her teacher and nurse. Anne Sullivan was considered a miracle worker because she taught Helen language. Later on, Helen went on to learn how to speak from a speech teacher. She went to Radcliffe college and graduated. While she was still in college, she wrote her autobiography titled The Story of my Life. Helen also wrote many other books.

I think in 2003, the American Foundation for the Blind commemorated the 100th anniversary of the publishing of The Story of my Life by releasing the original version of the book online, free.

Read the autobiography of this inspirational woman here. Click Next at the bottom to go on to the next page. Or read the summary of Helen Keller's biography here.