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Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven, when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan. Sullivan taught Keller language, including reading and writing. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, Keller attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a college diploma.
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Awards & recognition
- Labor Hall of Honor · 2010
- Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame · 2006
- National Women's Hall of Fame · 1973
- Alabama Women's Hall of Fame · 1971
- Golden Plate Award · 1965
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- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 1964
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Knight of the Order of the Southern Cross
- Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
- Order of Merit
- Order of St. Sava
- Order of the Sacred Treasure
- Order of the Southern Cross
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1958 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1954 · nominated
