Part one of term paper
Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968) Early life Helen Adams Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, 1880. She was the daughter of newspaper editor Captain Arthur Keller and his wife, Kate Adams Keller. At the age of 19 months, Helen was struck with a severe illness (called "brain fever" at the time, it may have been scarlet fever) w ...

Part two of term paper
... parents took her to see Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who recommended Anne Mansfield Sullivan as a teacher, a post she assumed on March 3, 1887. That April, the miracle occurred in which Helen associated water with the letters "w-a-t-e-r" which her teacher had signed into her hand. Helen learned 30 words the first day and soon learned to sign the alphabet, write and eventually speak. Helen learned to read lips by pressing her fingertips to the speaker's lips and feeling the vibrations and movement ...