EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800; HELEN KELLER P/89

 

In this post I will continue to share the story of Helen Keller. She lived from 1880 - 1968. Anne Sullivan, who had become Helen's teacher and mentor, used touch to teach Helen the alphabet and to make words by spelling them with her finger on Helen's palm. Within a few weeks Helen caught on. 

A year later, Anne brought Helen to the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, where she learned to read Braille and write with a specially made typewriter. Newspapers chronicled her progress. 

At fourteen, Helen went to New York for two years where she improved her speaking ability, and then returned to Massachusetts to attend the Cambridge School for Young Ladies. Helen was next admitted to Radcliffe College, graduating cum laude in 1904. Anne went with her, helping Helen with her studies.