Helen Keller was an activist, who used her challenges of being deaf, and blind to help others with the same challenges. To help her along the way Helen Keller had a lot of motivations, had activism, and influences. One of her motivations were going to school to become educated. One of her activism was fighting for women’s rights. One of her influences was Anne Sullivan, who taught Helen to talk. Helen Keller had many motivations to help her become an activist. She went to school so she could become educated, and be able to communicate with people. Helen started her formal education in 1890 when she began speech classes at Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston. She also had extra help, and was taught how to talk. Helen spent 25 years learning to communicate with people, and then she went to Wright-Humason School for Deaf in New York City for two years where she improved her speaking skills. Then she used her education to focus on advocacy for blind people. Helen went before Congress to plead for improvement of welfare for blind people. In 1915 with help from George Kessler, she helped found the Helen Keller International to fight against the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition. Helen Keller had activism in many events including protesting against the United States …show more content…
Alexander Graham Bell was working with deaf children at the time and suggested that Helen and her parents go to the Perkins Institute for the Blind. There they met with the school’s directors, Michael Anagnos and Anne Sullivan, who taught Helen how to talk and write. Helen was taught to talk and write by Anne showing her to spell in the palm of her hand. Helen was also influenced to help other people with disabilities. She started working for the American Foundation for the blind where she helped demand services for veterans who lost their