Written by: Simon Sangat - 2021021, Grade X
Posted on: 03 November, 2019
Helen Keller was born on June 27th 1880. She was an American author, political activist and a lecturer. She was the first deaf and blind person to hold a Bachelor degree in Arts. She campaigned for women's suffrage, labor rights, socialism, antimilitarism and other similar causes. At 19 months old, Keller contracted an unknown illness described by doctors as an “Acute congestion of the stomach and brain” which might have been scarlet fever or meningitis. The illness left her both deaf and blind. By the age of seven, Keller had more than 60 signs to communicate with her family. Helen Keller was viewed as isolated but was very in touch with outside world. Keller went on to become a world wide-famous speaker and author. The deaf community was widely impacted by her. She travelled to 25 different countries giving motivational speeches about deaf people’s conditions. Keller was a member of a socialist party. Many of her speeches and writings were about women’s right to vote and the impacts of war. In addition, she supported causes that opposed military intervention.
