Helen Keller (1880-1968) was a...
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Helen Keller (1880-1968) was a social worker and writer. In her infancy she lost her sight, hearing, and most of her ability to utter sounds. Nevertheless, she learned to speak, read, and write. She was graduated from Radcliffe College in 1904, and wrote a number of books and articles.
With her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, she lectured all over the country, answering questions from the audience that were communicated to her by Miss Sullivan. A stock question was:
"Do you close your eyes when you go to sleep?" Helen Keller's stock response was "I never stayed awake to see."
Adapted from The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes cifton Fadiman, General Editor (Little, Brown & co., 1985), pp. 324-325
-- Prescott
With her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, she lectured all over the country, answering questions from the audience that were communicated to her by Miss Sullivan. A stock question was:
"Do you close your eyes when you go to sleep?" Helen Keller's stock response was "I never stayed awake to see."
Adapted from The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes cifton Fadiman, General Editor (Little, Brown & co., 1985), pp. 324-325
-- Prescott
