Lois Hatcher: Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan

Artist: Lois Hatcher
1946 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1980
Image Size: 12 by 14 inches
Overall Size: 16.25 by 20.25 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Cold Press Illustration Board Board

Plunged into complete darkness and eternal silence at the age of nineteen months, Helen Keller spent her early childhood, as she later said, "wild and unruly, giggling and chuckling to express pleasure; kicking, scratching, uttering the choked screams of the deaf-mute to indicate the opposite." But, on March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan arrived from Boston to bring Helen back to the world she had lost. Although just twenty years old herself, Anne had once suffered blindness but was partially cured. As a graduate of the Perkins Institute of the Blind, she brought with her the skills of a teacher, as well as a sensitivity and determination that only personal knowledge of blindness can give. Within a month, she had imparted the gift of sign language to her pupil. And so began a lifelong friendship that was to help thousands of handicapped persons. Once Anne broke through the barriers of Helen's mind, her progress was rapid. Within three years, Helen could read and write in Braille. By the time she was sixteen, she could speak well enough to go to preparatory school and to college. She he chose Radcliffe and, with Anne by her side to interpret lectures and class discussions, she graduated with honors in 1904. After graduation, Helen became an inspiration to the handicapped. Her public appearances and fascinating books and articles brought hope to millions. When Anne Sullivan died in 1936, Helen continued her work alone, until her own death in 1968.

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