Helen Keller: An American Hero

Who was Helen Keller? Why is she considered an American Hero? Helen Keller was an educator, activist, the first blind-deaf person to earn a Bachelor’s degree and one of the founders of the ACLU. Helen Keller was a very impactful woman, who was able to overcome her illness and the odds. Helen Keller’s life begins on June 27, 1880, in the city of Tuscumbia, Alabama, born to Arthur H. Keller and Katherine Adams Keller. She was born into a family, with two stepbrothers. She lived the first two years of her life as any typical child. In fact, she started speaking at six months old. When she was just shy of the age of two, she was stricken with an illness that made her go blind and deaf, but it first started with a fever. As according to https://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967#synopsis, her mother noticed she was

At the age of eighty, in 1960 Keller suffered from a stroke. In 1961, she lived quietly in her home in Westport, Connecticut. Her final public appearance was in Washington D.C. where she received the Lions Humanitarian Award honoring her lifetime of making a difference. In her life, she had met every president since Grover Cleveland. Keller passed on June 1, 1968, at her home of Arcan Ridge, at the age of eighty-seven. Her ashes were placed next to the people she was closest to, including Sullivan. Her ashes resign in St. Joseph’s Chapel of Washington Cathedral. I believe Helen Keller is an American Hero because of her determination and voice. She was an incredibly powerful woman who touched the hearts of many with her extreme optimism. Perhaps most importantly, Keller pushed for things that many others weren’t brave enough, although plenty capable. She was able to speak her mind, even though she didn’t really have a convenient way to communicate, which she learned how to do seven years later than the average person. Keller was an amazing person, who had an even better outlook on