1903

With the help of editor John Albert Macy, Helen takes the Ladies Home Journal articles, her letters, and Anne Sullivan's letters and creates a book, The Story of My Life, which is published in March. The book slowly started to sell, and has been a bestseller for almost 100 years.  It has been translated into more than 50 languages.

Spring, 1904

Helen and Anne buy a home on seven acres of land in Wrentham, Massachusetts.

June 28, 1904

Helen becomes the first deaf-blind individual to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating cum laude from Radcliffe. Anne Sullivan was not given even an honorary degree, despite taking every class with Helen. 

John Albert Macy, circa 1900

John Macy helped Helen with her autobiography, Helen Keller: The Story of My Life, while she was a junior at Radcliffe.  He worked for the Ladies Home Journal, and the first section of the book was printed as five articles in five months in that magazine.  He also helped Helen negotiate with the book publishing companies.  Doubleday published the book, and the book eventually became a bestseller.

Macy married Anne Sullivan in 1905, two years after Helen wrote her autobiography. In 1907, he wrote his first book, Edgar Allen Poe.