Helen Keller was born in the town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, on the 27th of June, 1880. Helen was born with the capability to see and hear, but at nineteen months old, she contracted a terrible illness and the fever left her sight and hearing damaged. Helen remained in her hometown until the age of eight, when she went to Massachusetts to study at the Perkins School for the Blind. Anne Sullivan, her good friend and teacher for the past year, went with her and continued to accompany Helen to the many schools she attended.
After graduating from Radcliffe College, Helen did not return to Tuscumbia but instead wrote, traveled, and advocated for people with hearing and visual impairments. She eventually settled in Connecticut and spent her final years there.
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