Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. However, her real life beganone day in March of 1887, when she was almost seven years old. She always called that the most important day in her life. It was the day when Annie Sullivan came to be her teacher. Sullivan didn't leave Helen until her death in 1936.
Helen wanted to go to college when she was a little girl. In 1900, she entered Radeliffe College and graduated from there as a good student in 1904. Then she became the first deaf-blind person to graduate from college. During these years, Annie Sullivan taught Helen by spelling words into Helen's hand.
During the time when she was at college, she finished her first work The Story of My Life. That was the beginning of her writing career (生涯). This career continued for 60 years. Besides The Story of My Life, she wrote 13 other books and lots of articles on blindness, deafness and women's rights (权利).
Also, Helen Keller often gave her hand to the people who were blind or deaf. She was a regular visitor to a number of organizations. She attended nearly all the activities held by the organizations. In 1936, Helen Keller moved to Westport, Connecticut and lived there until her death on June 1, 1968.
