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A Rare Recording of Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan and Polly Thompson

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Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Though born with the ability to see and hear, at 19 months-old she contracted an acute illness that left her both deaf and blind. Eventually, 20-year-old Anne Sullivan, herself visually impaired, became Keller's speech instructor. It was the beginning of a 49-year-long relationship during which Sullivan evolved into Keller's governess and eventually her companion. In 1914, Sullivan's health began to fail, so a young woman from Scotland, Polly Thomson, was hired to keep house. Though she had no experience with deaf or blind people, Thompson progressed to working as a secretary, and eventually became a constant companion to Keller. Keller went on to become a world-famous speaker and author. She was a suffragist, a pacifist, a radical socialist, and a birth control supporter. In 1915, she and George Kessler founded the Helen Keller International organization, devoted to research in vision, health and nutrition. In 1920, she helped to found the American Civil Liberties Union.


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Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781593166830
  • File size: 2610 KB
  • Release date: September 26, 2013
  • Duration: 00:05:26

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781593166830
  • File size: 2615 KB
  • Release date: September 26, 2013
  • Duration: 00:05:26
  • Number of parts: 1

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subjects

History Nonfiction

Languages

English

Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Though born with the ability to see and hear, at 19 months-old she contracted an acute illness that left her both deaf and blind. Eventually, 20-year-old Anne Sullivan, herself visually impaired, became Keller's speech instructor. It was the beginning of a 49-year-long relationship during which Sullivan evolved into Keller's governess and eventually her companion. In 1914, Sullivan's health began to fail, so a young woman from Scotland, Polly Thomson, was hired to keep house. Though she had no experience with deaf or blind people, Thompson progressed to working as a secretary, and eventually became a constant companion to Keller. Keller went on to become a world-famous speaker and author. She was a suffragist, a pacifist, a radical socialist, and a birth control supporter. In 1915, she and George Kessler founded the Helen Keller International organization, devoted to research in vision, health and nutrition. In 1920, she helped to found the American Civil Liberties Union.


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