Helen Keller is one of the most amazing women ever! She had what was said to be scarlet fever and barely survived. But instead of her life being taken away, she had her sight and hearing taken away at 19 months old. Just think- to have you hearing and sight taken away before you have gotten to experience any of it. That is why she was so badly behaved. She didn't know that she was hurting someone because she had never even experienced hurting someone! But, Annie Sullivan, wow, she was a miracle worker. To get scratched and bitten and to keep on going like that and to finally succeed! After that moment at the water pump, her mind began to open. She finally had feelings and understood some of the world like she always wanted to. She was a very bright child. She had invented her own language while she was growing up. She invented more than 60 signs to communicate with her parents and Martha Washington, the cook's daughter. Helen ended up attending Perkins School for the Blind and then later on attending Radcliffe College which was a huge accomplishment for the blind-deaf. Books on this amazing woman of history include: Miss Spitfire: Sarah Miller, The Story of My Life: Helen Keller, Helen Keller: Her Life In Pictures, and some others. I hope you enjoy learning about her as much as I did!