On Nov. 25, 2008, the man who wrote a famous play about Helen Keller called The Miracle Worker  died William Gibson's story of Helen Keller’s relationship with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, won the 1960 Tony Award for best play and is still regularly performed around the country in community theaters. Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, played the stage roles of Sullivan and Keller, respectively. They went on to win Academy Awards when repeating the parts for the film version in 1962

Helen Keller graduated with honors from Radcliffe College on June 28, 1904. She became the first deaf and blind person to graduate from...

It was on this day, April 5, in 1887, when Helen Keller grasped the meaning of the word “water” as spelled out in the manual alphabet...

On this date (March 3, 1887) Anne Sullivan arrived at the Keller's home in Alabama to work with their deaf and blind daughter, Helen....

Not everyone is happy with the Barbie Helen Keller doll released by Mattel. The doll has symmetrical eyes which do not accurately...