> In 1887, Alexander Graham Bell helped which historical figure find a tutor?And the answer is: Helen Keller. Photo: Thaxter P. Spencer Family, New England Historic Genealogical Society[Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsA few years after losing her sight andhearing, Helen Keller's parents brought her to Alexander Graham Bell, thecreator of the first telephone, who was working with deaf children at the time.He recommended they visit Perkins Institute for the Blind, where they wereintroduced to Anne Sullivan, who became Helen's lifelong tutor and friend.Helen Keller was a monumental force in bringing about awareness for the deaf andblind community. At age six, with the help of her tutor Anne Sullivan, Kellerwas already learning to feel objects and associate them with words spelled outby finger signals on her palm. A breakthrough for the young girl came with Anneholding Keller's hand under a water spout. As she felt the cool gush of water,Keller learned to associate the sensation with the palm spelling: "w-a-t-e-r."From there, Keller began to create word associations with greater ease, andeventually mastered the alphabet. From a young age, Keller was determined to go to college. In 1898, she enteredthe Cambridge School for Young Ladies to prepare for Radcliffe College. Sheentered Radcliffe in the fall of 1900, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in 1904. Keller was the first deaf and blind person to receive acollege degree.Keller quickly became an international icon of activism, an author, and a leaderin the cause to remove those with disabilities from asylums. A pacifist, sheprotested U.S. involvement in World War I. A committed socialist, she took upthe cause of workers' rights. She was also a tireless advocate for women'ssuffrage and an early member of the American Civil Liberties Union.Learn more about the life and legacy of Hellen Keller below.