Hellen Keller was born on June 27, 1880. She was a very determined and talented woman in our history.

Hellen Keller was blind and deaf since she was 2 years old.

"Brain Fever" is the illness that Hellen contracted in 1882 and left her blind and deaf.

Anne Sullivan was Hellen Keller's teacher. Sullivan was her teacher for 49 years. She started teaching her in 1887.

The first word that Hellen Keller learned was "water". She learned this by Sullivan dripping water on her while spelling the word.