Her admirer, Mark Twain,
had introduced her to Standard Oil magnate Henry Huttleston Rogers, who, with his wife Abbie, paid for her education.
Twain played a key role in her life, introducing her to Henry Huttleston Rogers, an extremely successful self made business man,
making his millions when the oil industry began to boom.
At the encouragement of Twain, Huttleston saw to it that Keller had plenty of money for her education,
which allowed her to earn a Bachelor of Arts from Radcliffe, becoming the first deaf-blind person to earn a degree.