The Story of My Life (1903) is the autobiography of Helen Keller. Written while she was an undergraduate student at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Story of My Life was a joint effort between Keller, her teacher Anne Sullivan, and Anne's husband John Macy.
Gradually I got used to the silence and darkness that surrounded me and forgot that it had ever been different, until she camemy teacherwho was to set my spirit free. But during the first nineteen months of my life I had caught glimpses of broad, green fields, a luminous sky, trees and flowers which the darkness that followed could not wholly blot out. If we have once seen, the day is ours, and what the day has shown.
After losing her hearing and sight as an infant, Helen Keller received a life-changing education from her dedicated teacher Anne Sullivan, herself vision impaired. As she learned to communicate through signs, she found an innate determination to surpass the expectations of those around her, eventually becoming the first deafblind person to obtain her Bachelor of Arts. Her autobiography is a rich retelling of the first twenty-one years of Keller's life, a period marked by tragedy and miracle alike, shaping her into one of the twentieth century's leading civil rights activists and public speakers. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Helen Keller's The Story of My Life is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz: "Dit is een mooi voorbeeld van veerkracht en doorzettingsvermogen voor mij, en voor jongeren die het moeilijk hebben. Haar kinderjuf is altijd in de ontwikkeling van Helen Keller blijven geloven. O.n.g.e.l.o.f.e.l.i.j.k. wat Keller heeft weten te bereiken. Kun je je het voorstellen in die tijd: doof en blind... en zoveel bereiken. En voor jezelf beslissen: ik zál leren spreken. Een vooraanstaande Amerikaanse universiteit wilde eerst mensen met een beperking niet aanvaarden, maar Keller hield vol: "Ik heb recht op onderwijs."" – Bron
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