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Helen Keller

symbol of courage in the face of overwhelming odds

a woman of luminous intelligence, high ambition and great accomplishment who devoted

her life to helping others

from an early age, she championed the rights of the minorities and used her skills as a writer

to speak truth to power

a pacifist, she protested U.S. involvement in World War I

a committed socialist, she took up the cause of workers' rights

a tireless advocate for women's suffrage and an early member of the American Civil Liberties

Union

American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), Helen joined in 1921 and worked for the

organization for over 40 years

As a result of her travels across the United States, state commissions for the blind were

created, rehabilitation centers were built, and education was made accessible to those withvision loss

Her message of faith and strength through adversity resonated with those returning from

WWII injured and maimed (eg 1946 formation of a special service for deaf-blind persons)

1915, when the Permanent Blind War Relief Fund, later called the American Braille Press,

was founded. She was a member of its first board of directors

ability to empathize with the individual citizen in need + ability to work with world leaders

to shape global policy on vision loss supremely effective ambassador for disabled

persons worldwide

Her wide range of political, cultural, and intellectual interests and activities ensured that she

knew people in all spheres of life

Hard facts

19 months old, she contracted a fever that left her blind and deaf

Spoiled, but intelligent

almost seven years old, her parents engaged Anne Mansfield Sullivan to be her tutor

Anne taught Helen by manually signing into the child's hand

In 1890, when she was just 10, she expressed a desire to learn to speak

Helen's extraordinary abilities and her teacher's unique skills were noticed by Alexander

Graham Bell and Mark Twain, two giants of American culture. Twain declared, "The two

most interesting characters of the 19th century are Napoleon and Helen Keller."

From a very young age, Helen was determined to go to college.

1898, she entered the Cambridge School for Young Ladies to prepare for Radcliffe College.

1900, Radcliffe College, received a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in 1904, the first deaf-

blind person to do so

In 1903, her autobiography, The Story of My Life,published, translated into 50 other

languages

Helen Keller Archives contain over 475 speeches and essays that she wrote on topics such asfaith, blindness prevention, birth control, the rise of fascism in Europe, and atomic energy


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received honorary doctoral degrees from Temple and Harvard Universities in the United

States; Glasgow and Berlin Universities in Europe; Delhi University in India; and

Witwatersrand University in South Africa

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can

the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of

men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-

gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt

within the heart.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door

that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or

nothing.

Anne Mansfield Sullivan

poor Irish background

only 14 years older than Helen

suffered from vision problems

Anne believed that the key to reaching Helen was to teach her obedience and love. She saw

the need to discipline, but not crush, the spirit of her young charge

Anne began her task of teaching Helen by manually signing into the child's hand. Anne had

brought a doll that the children at Perkins had made for her to take to Helen. By spelling "d-

o-l-l" into the child's hand, she hoped to teach her to connect objects with letters. With dedication, patience, courage and love, Anne helped Helen develop her intelligence

At college, Anne sat by Helen to spell out ever letter of the textbook. Her eyesight

deteriorated as a result of this.

Anne continued to labor by her pupil's side until her death in 1936


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Maya Angelou

Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time. Hailed as a global

renaissance woman, Dr. Angelou is a celebrated poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist,

producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist

Childhood, experienced the brutality of racial discrimination, but also absorbed the

unshakable faith and values of traditional African-American family, community, and culture

As a teenager, Dr. Angelous love for the arts won her a scholarsh ip to study dance and

drama at San Franciscos Labor School

As a young single mother, she supported her son by working as a waitress and cook,

however her passion for music, dance, performance, and poetry would soon take center

stage. LIKE A STRONG, BLACK INDEPENDENT WOMAN WHO DONT NEED NO MAN.

During her years abroad, Dr. Angelou read and studied voraciously, mastering French,

Spanish, Italian, Arabic and the West African language Fanti

Dr. Angelou served as Northern Coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership

Conference, requested by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

1970, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

The list of her published verse, non-fiction, and fiction now includes more than 30

bestselling titles.

1972 film Georgia, Georgia, film and score. Her script, the first by an African American

woman ever to be filmed, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize

Dr. Angelou has served on two presidential committees, was awarded the Presidential

Medal of Arts in 2000, the Lincoln Medal in 2008, and has received 3 Grammy Awards.

Dr. Angelou has received over 50 honorary degrees and is Reynolds Professor of AmericanStudies at Wake Forest University.

Dr. Angelous words and actions continue to stir our souls, energize our bodies, liberate

our minds, and heal our hearts.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will

never forget how you made them feel.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by

them.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.


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Bill Cosby

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