two who made a difference
Triumph, not tragedy: Two who made a difference
Can you imagine traveling the world giving hope to the hopeless? Now imagine doing that without the ability to walk. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt did just that. Can you imagine traveling the world giving people with disabilities hope? Now imagine doing that without being able to see or hear. Helen Keller did just that.
Both Helen Keller and Franklin Roosevelt were born in the early 1880’s.both contracted a disease that left them disabled, but neither gave up nor let the disease ruin their lives. Keller and Roosevelt, both college graduates, struggled to overcome their disabilities and worked to make life better for many people around the world.
While Keller was born into a middle class family in rural Alabama, Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family in New York City. At 2-years-old, Helen Keller contracted scarlet fever and was left deaf and blind. Roosevelt, however, was thirty-nine when he had polio that left him unable to walk. Helen Keller learned to read and write Braille and eventually learned to speak. After graduating from Radcliff college, she encouraged laws for handicaps and worked for women’s voting rights. Roosevelt graduated from Harvard University and Columbia law school. He went on to become president of the United Sates and was elected four times. He led Americans through the great depression and through World war II.
Though different in different ways, neither Helen Keller nor Franklin Roosevelt let their handicaps stop them from realizing their dreams. They both helped and inspired our country and our world.
Helen Keller
Middle class family
Rural Alabama
2-years-old-scarlet fever- left blind and deaf
Learned to talk,read,and write using Braile
Radcliff college
Encouraged laws to help the handicapped
Worked for women’s right to vote
Franklin D.Roosevelt
Wealth family
New York city
39-years-od-polio left paralyzed
President during the great Depression
Elected
Can you imagine traveling the world giving hope to the hopeless? Now imagine doing that without the ability to walk. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt did just that. Can you imagine traveling the world giving people with disabilities hope? Now imagine doing that without being able to see or hear. Helen Keller did just that.
Both Helen Keller and Franklin Roosevelt were born in the early 1880’s.both contracted a disease that left them disabled, but neither gave up nor let the disease ruin their lives. Keller and Roosevelt, both college graduates, struggled to overcome their disabilities and worked to make life better for many people around the world.
While Keller was born into a middle class family in rural Alabama, Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family in New York City. At 2-years-old, Helen Keller contracted scarlet fever and was left deaf and blind. Roosevelt, however, was thirty-nine when he had polio that left him unable to walk. Helen Keller learned to read and write Braille and eventually learned to speak. After graduating from Radcliff college, she encouraged laws for handicaps and worked for women’s voting rights. Roosevelt graduated from Harvard University and Columbia law school. He went on to become president of the United Sates and was elected four times. He led Americans through the great depression and through World war II.
Though different in different ways, neither Helen Keller nor Franklin Roosevelt let their handicaps stop them from realizing their dreams. They both helped and inspired our country and our world.
Helen Keller
Middle class family
Rural Alabama
2-years-old-scarlet fever- left blind and deaf
Learned to talk,read,and write using Braile
Radcliff college
Encouraged laws to help the handicapped
Worked for women’s right to vote
Franklin D.Roosevelt
Wealth family
New York city
39-years-od-polio left paralyzed
President during the great Depression
Elected