When she was 19 months old, Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) suffered a severe ilness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps- with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan- is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication.
She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Despite her disability Keller wrote a total of 12 published books and several articles.
At age 22, Keller published her autobiography with help from Sullivan and Sullivan's husband, John Macy. It includes words that Keller wrote and the story of her life up to age 21, and was written during her time in college.
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| Keller in 1904 |
Keller wrote The World I Live In in 1908 giving readers an insight into how she felt about the world Out of the Dark, a series of essays on socialism, was published in 1913.
Her spiritual autobiography, My Religion, was published in 1927 and re-issued as Light in my Darkness. It advocates the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg, the controversial mystic who gives a spiritual interpretation of the Last Judgment and second coming of Jesus Christ, and the movement named after him, Swedenborgianism.
Her spiritual autobiography, My Religion, was published in 1927 and re-issued as Light in my Darkness. It advocates the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg, the controversial mystic who gives a spiritual interpretation of the Last Judgment and second coming of Jesus Christ, and the movement named after him, Swedenborgianism.
In our next article we will present some details of her childhood and the magical moment at the water pump when, recognizing the connection between the word water and the cold liquid flowing over her hand, she realized that objects had names.
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