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About the authorHelen Adams Keller (June 27,1880 – June 1,

1968) was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The prolific author, Keller was well traveled and was outspoken in her opposition to war. She campaigned for women’s suffrage, workers’ rights, and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes. There was one great soul in Keller’s life who was the reason for all her achievements in life, Anne Sullivan, Helen’s teacher.

Major Characters

Helen Keller

Helen Keller is the author of The Story of My Life. The story is actually an autobiography

of her life.

Arthur H. Keller

Helen’s father, Arthur Keller had been a captain in the Confederate army. He was a hospitable man who enjoyed bringing guests home to see his garden.

Kate Keller

Helen’s mother, Kate Keller was an early source of comfort for the troubled child. Kate learned the manual alphabet so that she could communicate effectively with her daughter.

Anne Mansfield Sullivan

When Anne went to teach Helen Keller, she was only twenty years old and a recent graduate of the Perkins Institution for the Blind. Throughout Helen’s life, Sullivan was dedicated to supporting her efforts in education and in social reform, which was uninterrupted even after Sullivan married Helen Keller’s editor, John Albert Macy. Sullivan died in 1936.

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell first met Helen when she was six years old and her parents brought her to him for advice on how to teach her. Dr. Bell remained a friend to Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. “The Story of My Life “is dedicated to him.

Mr. Anagnos

The director of the Perkins Institution. He sent Anne Sullivan to the Helen Kellers’ home. He and Helen became friends.

Secondary Characters

Martha Washington: The child of the Kellers’ cook and Helen’s childhood friend.

Mildred Keller: Helen’s sister.

Miss Sarah Fuller: The principal of the Horace Mann School, where Helen learned to speak.

Dr. Chisholm: He was the oculist ( eye doctor) who treated Helen and referred her to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell

Mr. Arthur Gilman: Arthur Gilman was the principal at Radcliffe College, where Helen attained her degree.

Mr. Keith: He was Helen’s mathematics instructor at the Cambridge School for Young Ladies.

Miss Reamy: Helen Keller’s German teacher at the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf.

John Greenleaf Whittier: One of the “many men of genius” Keller met.

Oliver Wendell Holmes: One of the “many men of genius” Keller knew.

Charles Townsend Copeland: Copeland taught Helen English composition class at Radcliffe College.

Frau Grote: Grote was Helen’s German teacher at Radcliffe College.

Mr. Irons: A Latin scholar and a family friend of Anne and Helen.

John P. Spaulding: Spaulding was a dear friend to Helen

Bishop Brooks: One of the “many men of genius” Helen knew. He spoke beautifully to her throughout her life on matters of religion and spirituality.

Margaret T. Canby: Canby was the author of “The Frost Fairies”, on which Helen’s “the Frost King” was inadvertently based.

Ella: Ella , Helen’s childhood nurse, was subject to her terrible fits and spiteful acts.

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