Helen Adams Keller was born on Sunday, June 27, 1880. She was born into the family of Kate and Arthur Keller, who lived comfortably in Tuscumbia, Alabama. At birth, Helen was a healthy child, but when ...

Born in 1880, Helen Keller was a healthy baby girl. Her parents had been members of the Alabama aristocracy, but since lost status after the Civil War. Her father, Arthur Keller, was the editor of the ...