Friday, January 15, 2010

Did Helen Keller ever get married and start a family? Did she have any sisters or brothers?

I am a big fan of Helen Keller. Does anyone know that answer to these questions?Did Helen Keller ever get married and start a family? Did she have any sisters or brothers?
No, she never was married. She lived with Anne Sullivan until Anne died. After Anne's death, Helen lived with a woman named Polly Thompson, who was Anne's housekeeper and secretary. After she died, Helen lived with Winnie Corbally. Helen had two younger siblings, Mildred and Phillips Brooks Keller and two half brothers, James and Simpson, from her father's prior marriage.


=)Did Helen Keller ever get married and start a family? Did she have any sisters or brothers?
No, sadly Helen Keller never married, though she wanted to. In 1916, when she was 36, while Annie Sullivan was ill, she fell in love with Peter Fagan, who was acting as her temporary secretary. They were going to be married, but her mother found out about the marriage and prevented it. Helen said afterwards that she remembered her love for Fagan as 'a little island of joy surrounded by darkness'. she always regretted her spinsterhood ';If I could see I would marry first of all'; she said.





She had two older half-brothers from her father's first marriage, and a younger brother and sister.
Helen Keller's companions were all female, and there is no known evidence supporting the existence of any romantic relationships. So, unfortunately, no, she was never married.

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