KF5JRV > TODAY 08.03.25 20:58z 61 Lines 3008 Bytes #74 (0) @ WW BID : 5281_KF5JRV Read: GUEST Subj: Today in History - Mar 03 Path: ED1ZAC<ED1ZAC<LU1DBQ<I0OJJ<N2NOV<VE2PKT<W0ARP<KF5JRV Sent: 250303/0848Z 5281@KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA BPQ6.0.23 >From kf5jrv%kf5jrv.#nwar.ar.usa.na@i0ojj.ampr.org Mon Mar 3 09:51:54 2025 Received: from i0ojj.ampr.org by i0ojj.ampr.org (JNOS2.0p.6) with SMTP id AA17027112 ; Mon, 03 Mar 2025 09:51:54 +0100 Message-Id: <5281_KF5JRV@n2nov.bbs> >From: kf5jrv@kf5jrv.#nwar.ar.usa.na X-JNOS-User-Port: Circuit (ARECS:N2NOV-7 N2NOV-7) -> Sending message On March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan begins teaching six-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing after a severe illnes s at the age of 19 months. Under Sullivanâ€Ös tutelage, including her pioneering “touch teaching” techniques, Keller flouri shed, eventually graduating from college and becoming an international lecturer and activist. Sullivan, later dubbed “the mir acle worker,” remained Kellerâ€Ös interpreter and constant companion until the older womanâ€Ös death in 1936. Sullivan, born in Massachusetts in 1866, had firsthand experience with being disabled: As a child, an infection impaired her vi sion. She then attended the Perkins Institution for the Blind where she learned the manual alphabet in order to communicate wit h a classmate who was deaf and blind. Eventually, Sullivan had several operations that improved her weakened eyesight. Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880, to Arthur Keller, a former Confederate army officer and newspaper publisher, and his wife Kate, of Tuscumbia, Alabama. As a baby, a brief illness, possibly scarlet fever or a form of bacterial meningitis, lef t Helen unable to see, hear or speak. She was considered a bright but spoiled and strong-willed child. Her parents eventually s ought the advice of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone and an authority on the deaf. He suggested the Kellers contact the Perkins Institution, which in turn recommended Anne Sullivan as a teacher. Sullivan, age 20, arrived at Ivy Green, the Keller family estate, in 1887 and began working to socialize her wild, stubborn stu dent and teach her by spelling out words in Kellerâ€Ös hand. Initially, the finger spelling meant nothing to Keller. However, a breakthrough occurred one day when Sullivan held one of Kellerâ€Ös hands under water from a pump and spelled out “w-a-t-e-râ €ť in Kellerâ€Ös palm. Keller went on to learn how to read, write and speak. With Sullivanâ€Ös assistance, Keller attended Radc liffe College and graduated with honors in 1904. Helen Keller became a public speaker and author; her first book, “The Story of My Life” was published in 1902. She was also a fundraiser for the American Foundation for the Blind and an advocate for racial and sexual equality, as well as socialism. F rom 1920 to 1924, Sullivan and Keller even formed a vaudeville act to educate the public and earn money. Helen Keller died on J une 1, 1968, at her home in Easton, Connecticut, at age 87, leaving her mark on the world by helping to alter perceptions about the disabled. 73 de Scott KF5JRV Pmail: KF5JRV@KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA Email KF5JRV@gmail.com
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