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Her family was referred to <a href="https://www.geni.com/people/Alexander/6000000011624971392" target="_blank">Alexander Graham Bell</a>, who recommended they travel to the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston, Massachusetts. The institute suggested she work with <a href="https://www.geni.com/people/Anne-Sullivan/6000000015649403931" target="_blank">Anne Sullivan</a>, one of their most recent graduates. Sullivan would remain her teacher and companion for the next 49 years.</p> <p>Thanks to Sullivan’s dedication, Keller learned to communicate with the world around her. She became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree and聽worked for the rest of her life as a social activist for the disabled. Today, she is remembered as one of the greatest humanitarians in the world.</p> <p>Have you found your connection to Helen Keller? 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