1. “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.”

2. It’s a girl! Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, and her parents names were Kate and Arther Keller.

3. Young life She caught a high fever and lost the ability to see and hear after the illness. Her teacher, Anne Sullivan, taught her to read and write Braille.

4. College Helen went to Radcliffe College and wrote her first book called The Story of My Life.

5. Helen Keller met every president from JFK to Grover Cleveland and became good friends with them.

6. Helen Keller played in a movie, but she became poor, so she quit and became a vaudeville performer.

7. She hired a secretary named Polly Thomson.

8. She worked for the American Foundation for the Blind.

9. Anne Sullivan died on October 15, 1936, and Helen was sad.

10. Helen and Polly went to Japan and was given a award.

11. On 1960, Polly Thomson died and Winnie Corbally became her secretary.

12. Helen Keller died on June 1, 1968.