circa 1898: Headshot portrait of deaf, blind and mute writer Helen Keller (left, 1880 - 1968), with her teacher and companion Anne M Sullivan (1866-1936). Keller wrote 'The Miracle Worker.' (Photo by Museum of the City of New York/Getty Images)
Personalities, circa 1900, American writer Helen Keller (1880-1968) who became deaf and blind at 19 months, pictured as she feels the face of her "teacher" Anne Sullivan, who was a great source of inspiration to Helen Keller (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
1904: American lecturer and writer Helen Adams Keller (1880 - 1968) on the day of her graduation from Radcliffe College, Massachusetts. Blind, deaf and mute from the age of one, she was taught to read Braille, speak and lipread with her fingers by teacher Anne Sullivan. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
circa 1956: Headshot portrait of American educator and activist for the disabled Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), wearing a pearl necklace and a dress with a semi-square cut neckline. A childhood illness left Keller deaf, mute, and blind. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
1956: Portrait of American writer, educator and advocate for the disabled Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) holding a Braille volume and surrounded by shelves containing books and decorative figurines. A childhood illness left Keller blind, deaf and mute. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
