On this day in 1887, 21-year old Anne Sullivan took on a new pupil in Tuscumbia, Alabama: Helen Keller. She worked hard to teach Keller, who was blind and deaf, how to communicate. The two remained close until Sullivan’s death in 1936. 🎥 Seriously Amazing Objects: Legends | Smithsonian Channel

Did you know? Helen Keller was friends with Mark Twain. "Becoming Helen Keller" premieres TONIGHT at 9/8c on PBS. [VID: Texts with facts about Helen Keller's life accompanied with photographs from Keller's life. On screen ASL interpretation and audio descriptions of images. Transcript: 5 facts you may not know about Helen Keller. 1. She was a prolific author. She wrote more than a dozen books and over 400 essays. Her autobiography, "The Story of My Life," was adapted into a play and film. 2. Ann

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