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Helen Keller   /hˈɛlən kˈɛlər/   Listen
Helen Keller

noun
1.
United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968).  Synonyms: Helen Adams Keller, Keller.






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"Helen Keller" Quotes from Famous Books



... seven years of age the life of Helen Keller, the Boston girl who was deaf and dumb and blind, was an absolute blank; nothing could go into that mind because the ears and eyes were closed to the outer world. Then by that great process which has been discovered, by which ...
— Addresses • Henry Drummond

... the individuals in a most wonderful way have developed the sense of touch to such a degree that it almost replaces the absent senses. The extent of this compensation is most beautifully illustrated in the cases of Laura Bridgman and Helen Keller. No better examples could be found of the compensatory ability of differentiated organs to ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould



Words linked to "Helen Keller" :   Keller, lecturer, author, writer



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