An Ode to Autumn by a Writer in the Spring of Her Career
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Helen Keller had been eagerly writing since she had first gained the ability to do so several years before. Although an illness in her infancy had left her unable to see or hear, an inventive teacher, Annie Sullivan, introduced her to language, and soon she was reading and writing using braille and the assistance of interpreters.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Poetry and Literature, Women's History