Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan (video)

Extremely rare video of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan.
Keller became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months due to an illness that might have scarlet fever or meningitis. She learned to talk and became a lecturer, political activist and author. She wrote a total of 12 books. She was the first blind and deaf person to earn a BA degree. Her political inclinations were leftist, she was anti war and supported the suffrage movement, workers' rights and socialism. She is also credited with bringing the Akita dog breed from Japan to the US. Her life was portrayed in the movie The Miracle Worker, based on her autobiography.