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Two great women of the world.(Begum Rokeya and Helen Keller)



Begum Rokeya was born in a village called Pairahbondh, Rangpur in 1880. Begum Rokeya was a famous writer and a social worker. She lived in undivided Bengal in the early 20th century. She believed that women should have the same rights and opportunities as man in the society. She fought for their cause throughout her life. Her father was an educated landlord. Rokeya's husband was Magistrate. Her husband was very cooperative,  and always encouraged Rokeya to go on with her activities. Many upper class Muslims of Bengal at that time learnt Arabic and Persian as medium of education and communication. But Rokeya had great love for her mother language. She learnt Bangla and English from her eldest brother.
Or Helen Keller is a great humanitarian. She deeply cared for the people who were sick and injured. She took care disabled people couldn't use a part of their body. Helen worked for these disabled people all through her life. Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama.  Her father was Captain Arthur Keller and mother Katherine Adams Keller. Her family was not rich and its main source of income was cotton plantation. Helen was quick healthy when she was born. But in 1882 she had a high fever and she became blind, deaf and dumb. At that time her father was a newspaper editor. He saw Alexander Graham Bell about Helen. Bell, the inventor of telephone, was working with deaf children at that time. He met Helen and her parents and suggested Perkins School for the blind in Boston for Helen. Captain Arthur went to the director of the school Michael Anaganos. Mr Anaganos sent one of his best students called Annie Sullivan to help Helen in 1887. Annie greatly helped Helen to communicate. Helen Keller received her BA degree from Radcliffe College. Helen Keller started her formal Education in 1890. She begun to take classes at the Horace Mann School for the deaf in Boston. From 1894 to 1896, she attended the Wright Humason School for the deaf in New York City. There she worked for improving her communication skills and studied regular academic subjects. Helen gradually become determined to attend college. In 1896 she attend the Cambridge School for young ladies, Massachusetts. Letter, she was admitted to Radcliffe College. Here she learnt reading through a special technique called Braille. She also learnt here how to type. Annie Sullivan was always with her for help. She sat by her in the class and interpreted lectures and texts. Helen Keller died on June 1, 1968. 


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