Fun Fact Saturday?

Sorry I posted FFF (Fun fact Friday)  so late. I was busy homeschool shopping. But at least I remembered. Yay!

FFF: Helen Keller!



Interesting Facts about Helen Keller

• Annie Sullivan was often called the "Miracle Worker" for the way she was able to help Helen.
• Helen became very famous. She met with every President of the United States from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon Johnson. That's a lot of presidents!
• Helen starred in a movie about herself called Deliverance. Critics liked the movie, but not a lot of people went to see it.
• She loved dogs. They were a great source of joy to her.
• Helen became friends with famous people such as the inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell and the author Mark Twain.
• She wrote a book titled Teacher about Annie Sullivan's life.
• Two films about Helen Keller won Academy Awards. One was a documentary called The Unconquered (1954) and the other was a drama called The Miracle Worker (1962) starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke.