Helen Keller was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker.
Here, Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan appear in a Vitaphone newsreel from 1930. In this footage Sullivan shows the way how Helen Keller learned to talk.
(via Boing Boing)
6 comment(s):
WOW!!! What an amazing video! Thank you for posting this!
I want to say thank you for posting this. I remember watching the movie about her (Patty Duke played Helen). I was amazed at the movie depicting her life. Kudo's to her teacher who believed in her.
I have read a number of books about Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, ever since discovering "The Silent Storm" in the church library at about age 7, and I have visited her childhood home. I had never see video of either one before I found this really moving. Thanks for including it!
Though most people know that Hellen Keller was a famous speaker, what most don't realize is that she was a radical supporter of socialism.
This, however, shouldn't detract from what she accomplished in her life. It's just important to know the whole truth instead of just the pretty side.
OMG! socialism?!
lol, you're ridiculous. Sorry, but if you think socialism is inherently evil, then you don't know much about the world.
Detract from the pretty side?
Her rise up from such dark, dehabilitating, and solitary beginnings to a position where she not only was aware of others' needs and wants, but became passionately involved in the fight for the insurance of everyone's basic needs IS the amazing and beautiful side of her life. I find it sad that in our country we feel the need to sweep that under the rug when we talk about Helen Keller.
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