Parkersburg
Parkersburg city (1990 pop. 33,862), seat of Wood co., NW W.Va., at the confluence of the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers; settled 1785, inc. 1820. An industrial and shipping center in a coal region, it has food and dairy processing and industries that make aluminum products, tools, packaging, and wooden products. Nearby, in the Ohio River, is historic Blennerhassett Island .
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Helen Keller: A visionary that exceeded her limitations
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Tribune, The; 9/28/2004; ; 689 words
; ...I still possess the whole. - Helen Keller When we look at the world, it...Despite her physical impairments, Helen Keller became a woman that offered...extraordinary contributions to the world. Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880...
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Helen Keller: Selected Writings
Magazine article from: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Helen Keller: Selected Writings. Kim E. Nielsen...Press, 2005. 307 pages. $35.00. Helen Adams Keller was born June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia...with disabilities. As I began to read Helen Keller: Selected Writings, I believed...
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REP. HOYER ISSUES STATEMENT AT THE UNVEILING OF HELEN KELLER STATUE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/9/2009; 625 words
; ...at a ceremony today to unveil the Helen Keller statue in the Capitol Rotunda...friend, made that prediction for Helen Adams Keller. He was speaking of the...enough to point and say: 'This is Helen Keller.' "Her story speaks even...
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Deaf and blind--not dumb!(Biography)
Magazine article from: Appleseeds; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...stay that way your whole life? Helen Adams Keller spent almost her whole life without...about anything is possible. Baby Helen was a healthy girl when she was...the end of possibilities. For Helen Keller, it was just the beginning.
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Literary contributions by 5 greats
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...life helping others to freedom. Helen Keller's education and training represented...Included amongst these women are: HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968) Keller was...Sullivan's death in 1936. As a pupil Helen Keller made rapid progress and graduated...
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Junio en la historia.(eventos y personajes históricos)
Magazine article from: Contenido; 6/1/2006; 700+ words
; Muere Helen Keller 1968: 1 de junio Muere en Westport, Connecticut, a los 87 aos de edad, la escritora sordociega Helen Adams Keller, quien a los 19 meses de nacida contrajo una enfermedad que la dej...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/31/1997; 700+ words
; ...1872; Charles Greeley Abbot, astrophysicist, 1872; Helen Waddell, poet and scholar, 1889; Florence Desmond...Eric Honeywood Partridge, lexicographer, 1979; Helen Adams Keller, blind, deaf and mute scholar, 1968. On this day...
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History lives: Student's project brings visit by Keller's great-niece.
Newspaper article from: News Herald (Panama City, FL); 4/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...documentary on the life of Helen Keller captured first prize at...black and white photos of Helen Keller, from infancy through...in eye diseases. Keller Adams Johnson was named after...meet, her great-aunt, Helen Keller, the world-famous...
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Library adds books during February
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.; 2/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...Goodman; "Period: a Girl's Guide," Loulan; "Showdown at the Food Pyramid," Bardon; "The Courage of Helen Keller," Adams; "The Morgan Horse," Maass; "The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster," Koestler; "The United States Supreme...
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Helen Keller Services will honor developer Joshua Muss.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 2/23/2000; 700+ words
; Helen Keller Services for the Blind (HKSB) will honor...the New York Marriott Brooklyn at 333 Adams Street, between Fulton and Tillary streets...and Staten Island. For over a century, Helen Keller Services for the Blind (HKSB) has helped...
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Helen Adams Keller
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Helen Adams Keller Though both blind and deaf, Helen Adams Keller (1880-1962), American lecturer and author, traveled the world over, crusading for improvement in the education and life of the physically handicapped. Helen Keller was born...
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Keller, Helen (Adams)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Keller, Helen [Adams] (1880–1968), author and lecturer, who, though blind...1929), and Let Us Have Faith (1940). Van Wyck Brooks wrote Helen Keller: Sketch for a Portrait (1956).
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Keller, Helen Adams
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Keller, Helen Adams (1880–1968) US social worker, writer, and lecturer. With the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, she overcame...
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Keller, Helen
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Helen Keller Born: June 27, 1880 Tuscumbia...deaf, American lecturer and author Helen Keller (1880 – 1968...life of the physically handicapped. Helen becomes deaf and blind Helen Adams Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama...
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St. George, Judith 1931–
Book article from: Something About the Author
...Bell … Your Friend Helen Keller; Young Adult's Choices, IRA...Bell … Your Friend, Helen Keller , Putnam (New York, NY), 1992...NY), 2000. John and Abigail Adams: An American Love Story , Holiday...
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