HELLEN KELLER - LADY WITH THE RADICAL VISION

Helen Keller was born in Tusumbia, Alabama in USA in 1880. She lost her hearing and sight due to a illness when she was less than two years old. She was plunged into a  dark silent world , from which  she was rescued by the perseverance and love of a woman called Anne Sullivan. An educator for the blind. she became Helen Keller's teacher and life-long companion. Anne made ! Helen hold a doll in one hand and spelt the word on to her other hand. Soon Helen mastered her first word DOLL. Helen willed herself to learn to speak and write, She completed her-college education with distinction. Thereafter, she devoted her tile to the cause of the blind, becoming an inspiration to the disabled the world over Her first book, an autobiography, The Story of My Life  was published in 1902. This was followed by other books, The World I Live In, Out Of the Dark , Hellen keller’s Journal and Let Us Have faith. Keller lived to the old age of 88.