I-Inspirational Deafblind Heroine NgokuBhenela Ukunyamezela
Omnye wabasetyhini abasisithulu okanye abazizithulu, nguHelen Keller (1880-1968). Wafunda ukuthetha kwaye waba ngumlobi owaziwayo, umfundisi, kunye nomgqugquzeli wezopolitiko.
Minyaka yo kuqala
UHelen Keller wazalelwa ngo-Juni 27, 1880, eTuscumbia, Alabama. Indawo yokuzalwa yakhe imyuziyam namhlanje. Ukugula okungaziwayo kwamthabatha ukuva kunye nokubona xa wayeseneminyaka eli-19 kuphela.
Emva kokulahlekelwa bobabini, intsapho yakhe yayikwazi ukuthetha naye okanye ukumfundisa ngokufanelekileyo. Bayijonga indlela yakhe yokuziphatha njengento yasendle kwaye engalawulwayo.
U-Anne Sullivan waba ngutitshala kaHelen Keller ngo-1887, esebenza indima namhlanje eyaziwa ngokuba ngumngeneleli. UHelen ekugqibeleni wafunda ukuba izinto zinegama xa uSullivan ephethe "amanzi" ahloniphekileyo, "amanzi" angenawo esandleni sikaHelen xa ephanga amanzi phezu kwesandla sikaHelen ukuze azive.
Emva kokuba kuqhutywe phambili, kwakungazange kumiswe uHelen Keller. Wayeya esikolweni kwiimfama kunye nezinye izikolo. Wafunda indlela yokuthetha nokuphalaza ngeminwe yakhe. Waya kwiKholeji yaseRadcliffe kunye nokufundiswa kwezifundo ezihlawulwa ngumxhasi, i-Standard Oil magnate uHenry Huttleston Rogers. Waphumelela kwiKholeji yaseRadcliffe ngo-1904 eneminyaka eyi-24 kunye neCachelor of Arts degree.
Ubomi bomntu
UHelen Keller akazange aphile ngokuzimela (ngokungafani nanamhlanje apho abaninzi abantu abayizithulu baphila ngokuzimela).
Wayesoloko ehlala kunye no-Anne Sullivan (kunye neminyaka embalwa, umyeni ka-Anne Sullivan) okanye uPolly Thompson, owajoyina indlu ngo-1930 waza wahlala emva kokuba uSullivan afe ngowe-1936. Phakathi kwezinto ezininzi uHelen Keller wayedume ngokuba wathi yintetho yakhe yokuba isisithulu "sisisizi esikhulu" kunokungaboni.
UHelen Keller wafa ngoJuni 1, 1968.
UHelen Keller wayengummeli ochaziweyo kubantu abakhubazekileyo. Wahamba waya kumazwe angaphezu kwama-40, ehamba noAnnie Sullivan. Wadibana nomongameli ngamnye wase-US ekhonza ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe komntu omdala waza wanikwa uMongameli woMongameli wenkululeko nguMongameli uLyndon B. Johnson ngo-1964.
U-Keller wanikezela izizathu zentlalo, ukujoyina abaSebenzi bezoLimo zeHlabathi kunye nePublicist Party kunye nokukhankasela kwabo. Uncedise ukufumana i-American Civil Liberties Union.
Autobiographies
UHelen wabhala ngokuzenzekelayo ngobomi bakhe, kwiincwadi ezisekushicilelweyo:
- "Ibali lobomi bam" 1903: UKeller uyabhala ngobomi bakhe eneminyaka engama-21. Kubhaliwe ngelixa ekholeji
- "Ihlabathi Ndihlala Ngaloo" 1908: UKeller ulandela i-autobiography yakhe ngeenkcukacha ezininzi zobomi njengomntu oyisithulu.
- "Ukukhanya ebumnyameni bam" 1927: Le ngxelo yakhe yokomoya ebonisa ukuba wayelandela iimfundiso zikaEmanuel Swedenborg.
- "Mfundisi: Anne Sullivan Macy"
U-Keller akabhalelanga nje ngobomi bakhe kodwa wayengumlobi othe ngqo kwezinye izihloko. Uninzi lwemibhalo yakhe lugcinwe kwi-intanethi yi-American Foundation ye-Blind (AFB), apho yayisondelene khona.
Iincwadi Zezingane NgoHelen Keller
UHelen Keller uye waba yiincwadi ezininzi, ngakumbi iincwadi zezingane. Umfanekiso wentombazana encinci ekufumaneni ulwimi ngokupeliswa kwegama elithi "amanzi" esandleni sakhe lithandeka kubantwana. Ezi ncwadi zinokukhuthaza abantwana abangezithulu okanye abaziimfama. Kananjalo banokunceda nawuphi na umntwana ukuxabisa ukunqoba ubunzima bezonxibelelwano. Nazi ezinye zazo:
- "Intombazana egama linguHelen Keller"
- "Incwadi Yomfanekiso kaHelen Keller"
- "UHelen Keller: Ubungqingili Emnyama"
Amabhuku Adala NgoHelen Keller
Iincwadi ezininzi zeencwadi ezindala ziye zaba malunga noHelen Keller ngokunjalo, ezinye zazo zigxininise ubudlelwane bakhe no-Anne Sullivan.
- "UHelen noTitshala: Ibali likaHelen Keller no-Anne Sullivan Macy"
- "UHelen Keller: Ubomi"
Iifilimu NgoHelen Keller
Ibali likaHelen lalinomdlalo kumdlalo othi "UmSebenzi Wezimangaliso," kwaye yatshintshwa kwizikrini ezinkulu kunye ezincinci.
- Ibhayisikobho yokuqala ye-1962 yabonisa uEnn Anne Bancroft kunye noPatty Duke.
- I-remake ye-TV ethi "UmSebenzi Wezimangaliso" ngo-1979 yanyenyezela uMelissa Gilbert.
- Kanti elinye i-remake, ngowama-2000, lalinenkwenkwezi eHallie Kate Eisenberg. Inkcazo echazwayo kunye neNgcaciso yeeNkcazo zeMedia ine-Disney version ye "The Miracle Worker."
Ilifa
Njengengxenye yelifa likaHelen, igama lakhe lamukelwe yimibutho emibini ejolise kwiimfuno zempumputhe kunye nezindlebe:
- Isiko seSizwe sikaHelen Keller kwiNtswelo -Sisilumko-ntsha kunye nabantu abadala
- UHelen Keller International: UHelen Keller wanceda ukuseka le ntlangano ejolise ekunyamekelweni kwamehlo ngamazwe emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi I. Igama loqobo lwentlangano, i-The Standing Blind Relief War Fund yeSoldade kunye nabanqwelisi be-Allies, ekugqibeleni yaguqulwa kuHelen Keller International ngo-1977.