A Note From Bob
Born on this day in 1880
One hundred and forty-six years ago today, on June 27, 1880, Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. An illness before her second birthday left her unable to see or hear. What followed is one of the most remarkable lives in American history. With her teacher Anne Sullivan, she learned to read, to write, and eventually to speak, and she went on to become the first deafblind person in the country to earn a college degree.
She did not stop there. She wrote books, traveled to more than thirty countries, and spent her life speaking up for people the world too often overlooked. Today's quiz celebrates her on her birthday. Let's see how much of her story you remember.
Trivia Question of the Day
Helen Keller was the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a college degree. Which college did she graduate from in 1904?
The answer is at the bottom of this email.
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The Answer
Radcliffe College
Keller graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College, then the women's college affiliated with Harvard, in 1904. Anne Sullivan sat beside her through every lecture, spelling the words into her hand. She was the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a bachelor's degree, an achievement that seemed impossible when she was a child.
Want her whole story? Today's featured quiz covers her life from start to finish.
On This Day
June 27, 1880: Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Pennsylvania still marks the date each year as Helen Keller Day. She would later receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a bronze statue of her represents Alabama in the U.S. Capitol, depicting the moment at the water pump when she first understood the word "water."
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