Helen Keller's life has been celebrated for the courage and optimism by which she lived, as much as for the work she did to improve the lives of the blind and the deaf-blind. Born in 1880 with full sight and hearing, Helen Adams Keller grew up in Tuscumbia, a small town in northwest Alabama. Tragedy struck in 1882 when she was just nineteen months old and became seriously ill with brain fever, which left her blind and deaf.

Originally released by Switch International, 2008. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 06, 2015.

Helen Keller: The Greats (5:00); --helen and anne for project (0:00); -- hk and anne (1:25);.