Who Was Helen Keller?

Helen Keller, 1880-1968 was a deaf and blind woman who raised awareness of this condition and about whom a film was made in 1962, following a Broadway successful play which was based on her book 'The Miracle Worker'.
Helen was deaf, blind and had no speech following an illness she expereinced at 19 months.  It may have been meningitis, but was simply described at that time as being 'Brain Fever'.
Helen then met Anne Sullivan (the Miracle Worker) who taught her how to communicate using the deaf blind alphabet, which is spelled out on the hand.  Anne also taught Hellen how to use speech to communicate, despite her deafness.
The two travelled internationally raising awareness of people who were deaf and blind.  However, it is for the film of her life that Helen Keller will be best rememberd.  Both stars playing her and Anne Sullivan were Oscar winners for their performance.

Blind and deaf woman and she wrote a book and all that other crap

Helen keller was a blind and deaf girl and women. She was not always blind and deaf, when she was little she got a disease. If im not mistaking i believe it was scarlet feaver. Helen did survive it but not with out any marks of it. This is how she got how we no her today as blind and deaf. But she had an amazing teacher, her name was Ann. With sign language on her hand her teacher, Ann would use cert in handmovments and then to learn what they meant she would feel the object of eat or drink it.