4 responses to “IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY…JUNE 1, 1968- HELEN KELLER DIES AT AGE 87- NO JOKE”

1. Thank you for this.

   Helen Keller led an amazing life, considering she was both blind and deaf.

   Today, people would say that nothing could be done.

   I wish there were more people like her dedicated teacher Anne Sullivan who, with her own hands, pressed sign language into Helen’s hand as a young child. Anne would give young Helen an object to hold then spell out the letters of the objects, e.g. a doll, a mug, into her hand.

   Both of their life stories are amazing. I seriously doubt they could be replicated today:

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

   Thanks again for posting this. All best wishes to you and for your website.

   • Thank You- it is an amazing story- even more amazing for the era when it all happened.

   • Exactly! People are quick to criticise past eras for their perceived backwardness, but many advancements took place in those days.

     Thank you very much for being such a faithful reader of mine. I greatly appreciate it.

   • You are very welcome!

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