Driven by open access to deaf communities connected via ASL, Keller embarked on literary, political, and broader activist crusades. Experiencing the discrimination common against members of the deaf and blind communities, Keller reached out to those outside of those immediate communities, rousing Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, and numerous US presidents to her cause. Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Georgia. She died on June 1, 1968 at Arcan Ridge. …show more content…
She worked the vaudeville circuit.She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.She was extremely political.She fell in love and almost eloped.She remains influential and respected even after her death. Helen suffered a stroke in 1960, and from 1961 onwards, she lived quietly at Arcan Ridge, her home in Westport, Connecticut, one of the four main places she lived during her lifetime. The others were Tuscumbia, Alabama; Wrentham, Massachusetts; and Forest Hills, New York. She was born and raised in Tuscumbia,