May 18, 2009
The Story of My Life
Written by Helen Keller
“Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. ‘Light! give me light!’ was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very hour.”
—pg 14, Ch. 4
Fun Facts
- Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor's degree.
- She was not born deaf or blind, but contracted an illness at nineteen months old that left her that way. People speculate that it might have been meningitis or scarlet fever.
- Annie Sullivan, Helen's teacher, was also visually impaired herself. Her relationship with Helen lasted 49 years.
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