Helen Keller's Timeline
1880 :
Helen Keller was born on 27 June
1887 :
Anne Sullivan started teaching Helen by arriving at Helen’s home in March
1888 :
From May, Helen started attending Perkins Institute for the Blind
1891 :
One of the earliest known Helen’s written piece was when she was eleven years old The Frost King
1894 :
Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan moved to New York to get special education from the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf and educate under Sarah Fuller at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf
1896 :
Keller and Sullivan moved back to Massachusetts and Helen entered The Cambridge School for Young Ladies
1900 :
Helen was admitted to Radcliffe College, where she lived in Briggs Hall, South House
1903 :
Keller was 22 years old when her autobiography, “The Story of My Life” was published which received help from Sullivan and Sullivan's husband, John Macy
1904 :
Keller received her graduation from Radcliffe College at the age of 24. With this Helen became the first deaf and blind person ever to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree
1908 :
Keller wrote “The World I Live In” which talked about her feelings of the world she felt living inside
1909-1921 :
Keller remained a Socialist Party member for which she actively campaigned and wrote many pieces in support of the working class
1912 :
Keller joined the Industrial Workers of the World known as the IWW or the Wobblies
1913 :
A series of essays on socialism, “Out of the Dark” was published
1914 :
Anne’s health declined
1915 :
She found the Helen Keller International (HKI) organization along with George Kessler which devoted its work and research in the areas of vision, health and nutrition
1916-1918 :
She regularly wrote for IWW
1919 :
She appeared in a silent film, “Deliverance” which told the story of her life in a melodramatic and allegorical style
1920 :
Helen greatly helped founding the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
1927 :
Keller’s spiritual autobiography “My Religion” was published
1961 :
Helen Keller was attacked by several strokes which confined her to her home in the final years of her life
1964 :
– On 14 September President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded her with the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom which is regarded as one of the United States' highest two civilian honours
1968 :
Keller died in her sleep on 1 June