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Until Helen was 13, Annie Sullivan worked with her student on the basics: How to finger-spell, how to read (in Braille and raised type) and how to spe...

Although her father had been married before, and Helen had two step-brothers, she was the first girl in the family and her mother's first child.

Even though she'd made great progress, Helen was frustrated because she could not speak.

As a child of the South, Helen had not experienced snow before the winter of 1889.

Helen loved to read.

In the fall of 1900, Helen Keller became the first blind-deaf college student.

In the last chapter of her book, Helen thanks many people who have helped her along the way.

After the controversy about "The Frost King," Helen returned to her family in Tuscumbia.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was already a famous writer when she met, then married, Robert Browning.

Still the youngest-ever Nobel Laureate for Literature, Rudyard Kipling was enormously popular during his lifetime.

In spite of censorship in her time, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) remains one of Russia's most-loved poets of the 20th century.

In spite of censorship in her time, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) remains one of Russia's most-loved poets of the 20th century.