What Were Helen Keller's Accomplishments

Helen Keller won many awards and had many accomplishments in her lifetime, even though she had the disability of being blind and deaf. Helen Keller achieved more in a day than the average American could achieve in a lifetime. There were many movies made about Keller, and she wrote fourteen books. She was a widespread lecturer, and a member of the Socialist Party, a leading figure in the Suffragist movement, a member of the American Foundation for the Blind, and a member of the the right of industrial workers to have unions. Keller also fundraised for various associations throughout her life. Helen Keller’s disabilities did not get in her way as she won many awards and she also had many accomplishments in her lifetime. Helen suffered a fever

She quickly got the hang of Braille, and she learned to read and write in English, Latin, Greek, French, German, and also Italian. Keller also accomplished the use of the Braille writer and typewriter. Along with Annie Sullivan, Keller went to Boston to learn how to speak. She was taught by Sarah Fuller of the Horace Mann School. Helen made good progress, and at her eleventh lesson, she said “I am not dumb now” (Marlow page 236). From Helen Keller’s childhood, it was clear that she was meant to be an author. Even from a young age, her letters and diary entries were very well-written. They were able to gain high praise from Michael Aganos and Alexander Graham Bell, who viewed the letters as if proof that people who are deaf and blind can be smart(Helen Adams Keller page one). Helen Keller decided that she wanted to go to college, and entered the Radcliffe University in 1900. First, she attended the Cambridge School for Young Ladies in preparation for Radcliffe, which is known today as Harvard University. Radcliffe was the women’s division of the most eminent institution of higher learning in America. The chances of her getting in were slim, and many weren't sure she could do it, but she entered in 1900. Annie Sullivan was always at Helen’s side, so she also went to Radcliffe with Keller. Keller was always able to understand the lectures, as Annie’s fingers translated the lecture so Keller could understand what the lecturer was saying. Helen graduated with honors from Radcliffe University in 1904. Keller had written a book during college called “The Story of My Life,” as one of her professors had suggested she should write a book-length autobiography. Keller took that idea and ran, creating her first book, “The Story of My Life”. In her lifetime, Keller would go on to create fourteen books in all, with John Macy as the editor(Helen Adams Keller pages two and four). Many people thought that