American's Wonder Woman In Scotland -- Miss Keller, reading in Braille, H.V. Morton's "In Search of Scotland" amid Scottish scenery at "Dalveen", West Kilbride, near Glasgow. Helen Keller, when 19 months old, was blind, deaf, and dumb. Now at 52, she is an Authoress famous throughout the world. Only in recent years did she recover her speech. In March 1887, a Miss Sulivan took charge of this piteous little 7 year old girl. All there was to work on was senses of smell and touch, and from that slender personality there was built up one of the most remarkable characters of the century. June 06, 1932. (Photo by Wide World Photos).