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Helen Keller was born at Ivy Green in Tuscumbia, Alabama.

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At 19 months of age, Helen Keller developed a febrile illness that left her both deaf and blind. Historical biographies attribute the illness to rubella, scarlet fever, encephalitis, or meningitis.

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After the visit Bell connected the Kellers to The Perkins Institute. Then, Anne Sullivan came to Ivy Green to be Helen's teacher. The strong willed Sullivan, a recent graduate of the Perkins school, met her match in Helen.

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Anne makes the “miracle” breakthrough, teaching Helen that “everything had a name,” by spelling W-A-T-E-R into Helen’s hand as water from the family’s water pump flows over their hands.

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Anne, Helen, and Helen’s mom go to visit Alexander Graham Bell, to meet President Grover Cleveland at the White House, and to visit Anagnos at Perkins Institution.

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Anne and Helen return to Perkins but Helen is only considered a “guest” at the school.

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Helen is accused of plagiarism when she sends Anagnos the story “The Frost King” as a birthday present.

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Helen and Anne travel to New York City so Helen can attend the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf.

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Helen’s father dies.

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Helen is accepted as a pupil at the Cambridge School for Young Ladies, in preparation for attendance at Harvard’s annex for women, Radcliffe College.

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Helen and Anne leave the Cambridge School to move to Wrentham, Massachusetts.

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Helen receives her certificate of admission to Radcliffe College.

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Helen becomes a member of the freshman class of 1904 at Radcliffe.

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Helen writes her first book “The Story of My Life” with the help of editor John Albert Macy.

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Helen and Anne buy a house on seven acres of land in Wrentham.