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ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
A Conquest of Solitude, by Robert V. Bruce
Guiding Questions
Was Annie Sullivan the only person responsible for Helen Keller receiving an education?
Who else was influential in the life of Helen Keller?
Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell
Teacher-to-Teacher
We often teach that Annie Sullivan was the person who turned Helen Keller’s life around. Even the play, The Miracle Worker, often taught in English/Language Arts classes, emphasizes the relationship between the two women and credit Sullivan for the vast majority of Keller’s progress. However, there is another person who had a great influence in her life, Alexander Graham Bell.
- A Conquest Of Solitude (April 1973 | Volume: 24, Issue: 3) articles_ah
- Letter from Helen Keller to Alexander Graham Bell, February 19, 1907 historical_documents
- Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell historical_images
- Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907 historical_documents
- Alexander Graham Bell with Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan at the meeting of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 1894, in Chautauqua, N.Y historical_images
- Timeline of Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922 (Excerpts) historical_documents
- The Frost King, a short story by Helen A. Keller historical_documents