Old Photograph Helen Keller Tweeddale Scotland

Old photograph of Helen Keller in Tweeddale, Scotland. Helen Keller traveled to Scotland three times between 1930 and 1935. Among her hosts were Lord and Lady Aberdeen, The Duke and Duchess of Montrose, The Marchioness of Tweedale, and The National College of Teachers of the Deaf. Tweeddale, also known as Tweedale, is a historic district of Scotland, bordering Teviotdale and the Marches to the east, Liddesdale and Annandale to the south, Clydesdale to the west and Lothian to the north. It is within the historic former Peeblesshire. Helen Keller was an American lecturer, author, and activist. Deaf and blind since early childhood, and living in an era where most individuals similarly afflicted were consigned to an asylum, Helen Keller overcame her disabilities with the aide of mentor Anne Sullivan and rose to international renown. Keller used her fame to educate others about the blind and to raise funds for related charities.



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