Helen keller biography video

00:00Yes, it's water, I know!

00:13Dear Tim and Moby,

00:17Why was Helen Keller so famous?

00:20From Elena

00:22Helen Keller was a deaf and blind woman who overcame her disabilities

00:25to become an accomplished author and activist.

00:30Well, if you'll stop splashing me for a minute, I'll tell you.

00:34Helen Keller was born in a small town in Alabama in 1880.

00:39A serious illness left her permanently deaf and blind at only 19 months old.

00:45Well, doctors couldn't really figure out what the illness was.

00:49But it left Helen terrified and confused.

00:53She couldn't understand what was going on around her, and she couldn't express her feelings.

00:58It was like she was trapped in a prison of darkness and silence.

01:02She reacted like any scared kid would, with temper tantrums and outbursts.

01:07Her mother tried to find a tutor who could help Helen learn to get along in the world.

01:12Eventually, she found a young woman named Ann