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Marco Cardelli (the Mentor) on Instagram: “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. Helen Keller (political activist, first deaf-blind person to earn a…”

Description: Studio portrait of 10-year-old Helen Keller standing next to her dog. Keller, a white girl, is facing sideways next to a chair with a spaniel sitting on it, who is likely her dog Belle. She rests her left hand on the dog's shoulder, her right hand is resting against her skirt in a fist, with one finger pointing downward. Keller wears a light-colored dress with a bow in the back and dark button-up boots. Note on verso, “Lioness." Full text: Elmer Chickering 21 West St. Boston…

Helen Keller is famous for her accomplishments despite being deaf and blind. Know about her work as an author and activist as well as the awards she received.

Today in History: On June 1, 1968, Helen Keller dies in Westport, Connecticut, at the age of 87. Blind and deaf from infancy, Keller circumvented her disabilities to become a world-renowned writer and lecturer. "My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do,” Helen Keller once wrote.

American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century's leading humanitarians as well as co-founder of the ACLU.

At the age of 19 months, Keller suffered from an illness, which is believed to have been scarlet fever, leaving her deaf and blind.

Men may come and men may go but their achievements last for ever! Here is a lady who came and the lady has gone but her actions Remain and will remain for years and decades to come with admiration!…

Helen Keller's words speak of the wisdom and strength that was the essence of her life. Here are her insights on faith, optimism and more.