Imagine not being able to hear or see, in a world full of darkness, and not being able to communicate with anyone. Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and campaigner for deaf and blind charities. It is widely known by many people. Helen Keller is someone who is a great role model for many people to follow and know. Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, a city in northern Alabama. Helen was part of a wealthy family. She had to deal with a childhood illness, which left her blind and deaf, but she was able to communicate with others with many rudimentary signs. Helen was a mischief maker around the age of seven and caused many tantrums, such as knocking or throwing things around, locking her mother in a room. This would have been frustrating for her parents, so they hired a private tutor/governess (a girl/woman employed to teach and train children in a private household), named Anne Sullivan. Anne was visually impaired and had just graduated from the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston. Anne became a teacher, friend, and companion to Hel...