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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Keller , Helen Adams 1880 - (search)
Keller, Helen Adams 1880-
Blind and deaf mute; born in Tuscumbia, Ala.. June 27, 1880.
When eighteen months old she contracted an illness which left her blind, deaf, and dumb.
As she grew older it was found that she was possessed of a wonderful perceptive faculty, which she calls the power of feeling with my soul.
When seven years old Miss Sullivan, herself blind, who was a teacher in the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf and Dumb in New York City, became Helen's companion and teacher.
By 1891 Helen had made astonishing progress in English language and composition, had even learned to articulate, and had become quite a skilful pianist.
The method by which she learned to understand spoken words was by placing one of her fingers upon the lips and another upon the larynx of the speaker.
In 1897 she became a student in the Arthur Gilman School, in Boston, where she intended to prepare for Radcliffe College, but remained a year only, then resuming her preparatory studies unde
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mitchel , Ormsby McKnight 1810 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Streight , Abdel D. 1829 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)