The Woman Who Made Helen Keller Possible | Annie Sullivan

Jenn visits, Ivy Green in Tuscumbia, Alabama, the birthplace of Helen Keller, highlighting the famous water pump where Annie Sullivan helped seven-year-old Helen connect the spelled word “water” to its meaning after Helen became blind and deaf at 19 months.

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00:00 Welcome to Ivy Green
00:54 The Water Pump Miracle
01:52 How Language Clicked
03:43 Who Was Annie Sullivan
04:42 Alexander Graham Bell
05:29 Arrival and Breakthrough
06:57 Birthplace and Early Illness
08:32 Life Work and Legacy
09:07 Why Annie Deserves Credit
10:03 Walk With History

A woman wearing a 'History' cap and sunglasses stands by a vintage water pump with water flowing, with the text 'Out of the Darkness' prominently displayed.
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