Helen Keller

Born June 27, 1880 Tuscumbia, Alabama-died June 1, 1968 

Helen Keller was left blind and deaf after falling sick. Through hard work and persistence, Keller learned braille, lip-reading, finger spelling, and eventually how to speak. She is a symbol for children everywhere about how to overcome an obstacle. 

Helen Keller was the first Deafblind graduate of Radcliffe College (Harvard) and worked her adult life advocating for schools for the blind. She also co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union, was a supporter of the NAACP, a supporter of worker’s rights, and an early proponent for birth control. She fought her whole life to be treated equally despite her disabilities and she advocated for the same equality for not only people with a disability but for all people who did not have social and political equality.