In 1887, an extraordinary young woman named Anne Sullivan traveled to the Keller home to be Helen's teacher. Severely visually impaired, Sullivan's early life was something out of Dickens or Engels.

Helen Keller is history’s most famous deaf-blind person, ... The couple secretly got engaged and even took out a marriage license before Keller’s family found out and forbade the marriage.

15 facts you didn't know about the Helen Keller movie, "The Miracle Worker" The 1962 film starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke became the stuff of legend for their bold, combative roles ...

The popular portrait of Helen Keller falls in line with typical inspirational disability narratives. But she was also a socialist, union member, ACLU founder, and suffragist.

120-year-old Helen Keller photo found. L.A. Times Archives. March 6, 2008 8 AM PT . ... Keller became a world-famous author and humanitarian. She died in 1968. More to Read .

“Touch,” set to premiere in 2024, will focus on Keller’s adult life and the accomplishments that she and her teacher and confidante, Anne Sullivan Macy, achieved as humanitarians and activists.

Only a brave novelist would imagine a complex romantic narrative for someone as chronic­led as Helen Keller. Her tragic and inspiring life was re-created for millions in the movie “The Miracle ...

Helen Keller's transformation from a trapped wild creature to a brilliant communicator is a story that Bergeron believes will impress audiences. "This is a play of action, heart, humor and pathos ...

Helen Keller got a lot done in her lifetime. Much of it had nothing to do with her disability, though some of it did. But her stature as a public figure has created myths that reveal as much about ...