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Helen Keller (June 27) loses her Helen Keller sight, hearing was born. and power of speech. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World 1886 1887

The Keller family meet (Narch)

with Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who Anne Sullivan recommends contacting arrives in Nichael Anagnos, Tuscumbia to director of Perkins Institution for the Blind teach Helen in Boston, which manual sign Captain Keller does. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World language. 1887 1888 (April)

Anne makes a ‘miracle’ Helen visits breakthrough, Perkins when signing W-A- Institution T-E-R into Helen’s hand at the for the Blind family’s water in Boston. ©A Moment In Our World pump. ©A Moment In Our World

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Helen and Anne Helen writes the return to story ‘The Perkins, where ’ Helen is Frost King and considered a is accused of plagiarism. ‘guest’ of the

©A Moment In Our World school. ©A Moment In Our World 1894 1896

Helen enters Helen’s Wright- father, Humason Captain School in New York City Keller, dies.

©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World 1896 1896

Helen becomes Helen enters a devout Cambridge Swedenborgian. School for Young Ladies

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©A Moment In Our World 1897 1899 Helen and Anne leave Cambridge Helen School and move to receives her Nassachusetts. certificate of Helen continues her admission to college preparatory studies. Radcliffe College. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World 1900 1903 Helen enters Radcliffe Keller writes College as a and publishes member of The Story of the freshman my Life class of 1904. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World 1904 1904

Helen and Helen is the first deaf- blind person to Anne buy a graduate from home on Radcliffe College, seven acres receiving a bachelor of land in of arts degree, graduating with a Wrentham. distinction. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World

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Anne Helen writes Sullivan and publishes marries The World I John Nacy Live In

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Helen and John Helen writes and Nacy join the publishes Out of Socialist Party of the Dark. Helen Nassachusetts and Anne begin and Helen their career on becomes a the lecture suffragist. circuit. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World

1914 1914

John Nacy Polly leaves Anne, Thomson though they joins Helen never officially and Anne’s divorce. household.

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Helen takes out Helen and Anne marriage license sell the farm in with Peter Fagan, Wrentham and though her move with Polly mother forces her to renounce her to Forest Hills, engagement. New York. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World 1918 1920

A silent film Helen begins based on her career in Helen’s life is produced. It is vaudeville called, with Anne Deliverance. Sullivan. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World

1921 1924

Helen and ’ Helen s Anne begin mother, Kelly their work for Keller, dies. the American Foundation

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Helen makes an appeal before the Helen writes and International published Ny Convention of Religion. It is her Lions Clubs, asking account of her the Lions to Swedenborgian become ‘Knights beliefs. ©A Moment In Our World of the Blind.’ ©A Moment In Our World 1930 1929 Helen, Anne and An Polly travel autobiographic abroad vising al account of Scotland, Ireland Helen’s later and England. life, Nidstream, is published. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World 1931 1932

Helen, Anne and John Nacy dies. Polly participate Helen is elected to in the first World AFB’s board of Council for the trustees. Blind. They also The three women visit Scotland and travel to France England again. ©A Moment In Our World and Yugoslavia. ©A Moment In Our World

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Helen, Anne (October, 20) and Polly visit Anne Sullivan Scotland. Nacy dies.

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Helen and Helen tours Polly travel Japan, Korea to England, and Nanchuria Scotland with Polly. and France.

Helen Keller’s Helen sells her Journal, the home in Forest personal Hills and moves to account of Arcan Ridge, Helen’s life in Connecticut. 1936 and 1937 is published. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World

Helen begins Helen and Polly make visiting the their first world tour for the American blinded, deaf Foundation for the and disabled Overseas Blind. They soldiers of visit London, Paris, World War II. Italy, Greece and ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World Scotland. 1946 1947

Fire destroys The household Arcan Ridge, move into Arcan Ridge 2, which is along with almost an almost all of identical replica the household of the Arcan possessions. Ridge 1. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World 1948 1953

Helen and Polly begin Helen and Polly a tour of Australia and continue to travel New Zealand representing the all over the world AFOB. When they – Europe, South reach Japan, Polly Africa, the Niddle has a stroke and the East, and Latin rest of the tour is America. ©A Moment In Our World cancelled. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World 1953 1955

A documentary film (Feb) Helen and of Helen’s life is released. Originally it Polly tour the was named, The Far East, Unconquered, though later it was renamed including India Helen Keller in Her and Japan. Story. ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World 1955 1955

(June) Helen is (Dec) Helen’s the first woman biography, to receive an Teacher, about honorary degree Anne Sullivan from Harvard Nacy is University. published.

The Unconquered Helen makes peace wins an Academy with the Perkins Award for the Institution, best feature length attending the documentary of dedication of the 1955. ‘Keller-Nacy Cottage.’ ©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World

William Gibson’s Helen and Polly play, The Niracle tour Iceland Worker, which was based on Helen’s and early life with Scandinavia. Anne, debuts on

1960 1961

Helen suffers her Polly first stroke and Thomson retires from dies. public life.

©A Moment In Our World ©A Moment In Our World 1964 1968 President L Johnson confers the (June 1) Helen Presidential Nedal of Keller dies in Freedom upon Helen, her sleep at though she is unable to attend the her Easton, ceremony. Connecticut