Blaise pascal biography video about helen keller

Helen Adams Keller is one of the 20th century's most celebrated humanitarians. The political activist dedicated much of her adult life to fighting for labor rights, women's suffrage and advocating for people with disabilities.

The Tuscumbia, Alabama native was also an author and public speaker who travelled to over 25 different countries to deliver motivational speeches.

In 1964, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was entered into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1965.

Blaise pascal biography video about helen keller

Even after her death on June 1, 1968 at the age of 87, Keller remains an icon for perseverance and overcoming adversity because since the age of 19 months, she has been deaf-blind.

Her life has been chronicled in books and movies like The Miracle Worker starring a young Patty Duke.

So how did a person with such severe disability beat all the odds and achieve so much success?

When Keller lost her ability to see and hear due to "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain," her l