This early childhood and the pivotal mentorship by Anne Sullivan are dramatized in the 1962 film "The Miracle Worker," starring Anne Bancroft as the tenacious teacher and Patty Duke as her initially combative student. Signing was limited to a few gestures the Kellers developed for Helen at home, and at dinner she notoriously walked from family member to family member, using her bare hands to grab food from each plate. Helen had grown up in a family that had no clue how to communicate with her, much less raise her to be self-sufficient and a part of society. The story of Anne Sullivan's efforts to teach Helen Keller, a young Victorian-era blind and deaf girl, how to communicate is so well-known, it's taken on an almost legendary quality.
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