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13 unusual facts about Helen Keller


Alice Betteridge

In a story that echoes that of Helen Keller, Betteridge's teacher Roberta Reid fingerspelled words into her pupil's hand, until Betteridge made the connection between the words spelled and the objects she was touching.

Ashe County, North Carolina

Helen Keller visited an Ashe County native, Marvin Osborne, in 1944 when he was wounded in France in World War Two.

Astro Boy

Astro Boy (along with some of his supporting characters) appear in a series of "edu-manga" that tell biographies of famous personalities such as Helen Keller, Albert Einstein and Mother Teresa.

Berta Rosenbaum Golahny

She explored both in many works, including a series of portraits of accomplished people: Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, Jean Sibelius, Louis Armstrong, and Aaron Copland.

Deafblindness

Helen Keller (1880 – 1968): author, activist, and lecturer, first deafblind person to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree and perhaps the person most popularly associated with the condition.

Helen the Baby Fox

The cub is blind, deaf and mute and Taichi names it Helen, after Helen Keller who suffers from similar disabilities.

John Orman

Orman wrote Helen Keller Speaks, a dramatic play and reading capturing the social activist views of Helen Keller based on her documented speeches and letters between 1913 to 1919.

Martha Louise Morrow Foxx

In 1945, Helen Keller visited the Piney Woods School and appeared before the state legislature to appeal for funding.

Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi

Helen Keller, who spoke of him as "a light piercing the darkness with his selfless service".

New York Point

According to Helen Keller, this caused literacy problems among blind children, and was one of the chief arguments against New York Point and in favor of one of the braille alphabets.

The Frost King

"The Frost King" was a short story about King Jack Frost written by 11-year-old Helen Keller.

The Story of Esther Costello

The film is based on a book by Nicholas Monsarrat that nearly had Helen Keller's co-workers suing for libel due to perceived parallels between Helen's story and Esther's.

Wilhelm Jerusalem

He is regarded as the discoverer of the literary talent of the deaf-blind writer Helen Keller and was correspondence with her.


Castleton State College

Caroline Woodruff hired staff with advanced degrees and broadened her students' exposure to the world by bringing people such as Helen Keller, Robert Frost, and Norman Rockwell to Castleton.

Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú

Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú was founded in 1979 by Liliana Mayo and named after Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan.

Christian C. Sanderson Museum

The museum also houses the pocket book Jennie Wade was carrying when she was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, and a number of autographs including those of Sitting Bull, Shirley Temple, Helen Keller and Basil Rathbone.

Denise Miller

Miller started her acting career at age 11, taking lessons with Sylvia Leigh, that led to jobs with Sears Roebuck and a portrayal of Helen Keller in an Exxon Bicentennial advertisement.

Hearing Health Foundation

A recurrent model for the renowned painter, Howard Chandler Christy and an avid golfer, she received letters of commendation from many leaders and well-known people including US Presidents Herbert Hoover and Dwight Eisenhower, Helen Keller and Cardinal Francis Spellman.

Helen Keller International

Founded in 1915 by Helen Keller and George Kessler, the organization’s mission is to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.

Kristen Ridgway Flores

Ms. Flores received her early theatre and acting training in Seattle, Washington, where she participated in numerous theatrical productions including “Helen Keller”, “Guys and Dolls”, “South Pacific“, “Narnia”, and “Little Mary Sunshine”.

McClintocksville, Pennsylvania

He was also a generous philanthropist, providing many public works for his hometown of Fairhaven and financially assisting helping such notables as Mark Twain, Helen Keller, and Booker T. Washington.

Tewksbury Hospital

The most famous patient in the almshouse during the 19th century was Anne Sullivan, who later became the tutor and companion of Helen Keller.

The Black Stork

As the child was dying, an unknown kidnapper attempted to save John and the Catholic community protested the action; however activist Helen Keller and attorney Clarence Darrow each wrote separate articles in support of Dr. Haiselden's choice.