Helen Keller Lighting The Way for the Blind Born on: June 27, 1880 Died on: June 1,1968
Helen Keller
Lighting The Way for the Blind and
the Deaf
Born on: June 27,
1880
Died on: June
1,1968
1882
Helen Keller was only 2 years old
when she developed an illness leaving her blind and
deaf.
1887
Anne Sullivan becomes Helen’s
teacher; Helen discovers the meaning of
language at the water pump.
1890
Helen begins voice lessons at the Horace Mann
School for the Deaf in Boston.
1888
She visits the Perkins Institution
for the Blind in Boston.
1894
She attends
the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in
New YorkCity.
1896
Her father, Arthur Henley Keller, dies;
enrolls in the Cambridge School for
Young Ladies.
1897-1898
Leaves the Cambridge
School and is privately tutored.
1903
She publishes
her autobiography, “The Story of My
Life.”
1904
Graduates with honors from Radcliffe
College; she and Sullivan buy a farmhouse in Wrentham,
Massachusetts.
1905
Anne Sullivan marries
John Macy.
1908
Keller writes “The World I Live In.”
1909
She joins the
Socialists Party of
Massachusetts.
1913
Publishes “Out of The
Dark”, a series of essays on socialism.
1914
Macy and Sullivan
separate; Polly
Thompson becomes
part of the household.
1916
Keller becomes
romantically involved with Peter Fagan.
Peter Fagan
1917
Moves to Forest Hills,
New York, with Sullivan and Thompson.
1919
Appears in the movie
Deliverance, based on her
life.
1920-1924
Performs on the
vaudeville circuit.
She begins working for
the American Foundation
for the Blind.
1924
1931
Helps establish uniform Braille code; aids in
creating national
system of libraries for the blind.
1932
John Macy dies; Keller receives
honorary doctor of law degree
from University of Glasgow.
1933
Nella Braddy’s
biography Anne
Sullivan Macy is
published.
1937
Keller travels to Japan on behalf of the blind.
She begins touring for the American
Foundation for the Overseas Blind.
1946-1957
Travels to Hiroshima, Japan.
1948
Hiroshima Castle, Hiroshima, Japan
1953
The Unconquered, a documentary of
Keller’s life, is released.
1955
Publishes Teacher, a
biography of Anne
Sullivan.
1957
The Miracle Worker, a drama based on Helen Keller’s childhood, is
broadcasts live on television.
1960
Polly Thompson dies.
1961
Keller has a stroke.
1964
Awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom.
1965
Elected to Women’s
Hall of Fame.
Dies on June 1 after suffering a
heart attack.
1968
The End