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school and she was about 8 years old at the time. She also went to ew !ork in
18"# to attend the $ri%ht&'umason School for the (eaf and 'orace Mann
School for the (eaf. In 18"), she went to Masachussetts and %ot into The
*ambrid%e School for !oun% +adies. In 1",,, she %ained entrance to -adcliffe
*olle%e. She %raduated -adcliffe at a%e .# in 1",# and earned her Bachelor of
/rts de%ree. She was the first blind, deaf, and mute 0erson to %et that
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Helen Keller was born on June 27th, 1880, in a small town in Alabama. What
makes her extra ordinary is the fact that at the age of 19th months she suffered
from something that may have been scarlet fever. The illness left her blind and
deaf. Keller did not let this make her give up on opportunities that most children
and women have had. She was the first blind-deaf women to graduate from
college. She attended Radcliffe College and graduated in 1904.
Upon her college graduation Keller devoted her life to writing and public
speaking. She wanted to serve as an inspiration to women. She fought for those
with disabilities, she supported birth control, and she supported womens
suffrage. President Lyndon B. Johnson even awarded her the President Medal of
Freedom for all achievements and for making a difference in the lives of others.
At the age of 87, on June 1st, 1968 Helen Keller.
In her long life of 87 years, I truly believe Helen Keller touched the lives of many
people and I think her legacy still does today. Although she wrote and was an
activist for many causes. Her own life story and her persistent struggle, and the
fact that she refused to give up, and overcame all obstacles are what make her
so accomplished. Overcoming her disability was her greatest accomplishment.
The fact that she inspired others makes her personal accomplishment even more
powerful.
Helen Keller was an advocate of many causes. She supported the American
Foundation for the Blind. Was a socialist and supported equal suffrage. Favored
the feminist pro choice views, and supported birth control use. Was a member of
the Womens Peace Party. She also supported the NAACP and helped found the
American Civil Liberties Union. She fought for both the rights of the disables, and
civil rights in general (this includes both rights base on race and
feminism).http://feminism-gender.blogspot.com/2008/02/helen-keller-by-carla-
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I first became interested in the acti9ist work of 'elen :eller a few
years a%o when I read ;ames +oewen's Lies My Teacher Told
Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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story is turned into a >bland ma4im> is lyin% by omission. $hen I
turned to the many 0icture books written about her, I was
discoura%ed to disco9er that books for youn% children retain that
bland fla9or, ne%atin% the 0ower of her life work and the lessons
she herself would ho0e 0eo0le would take from it. 'ere is a
woman who worked throu%hout her lon% life as a radical ad9ocate
for the 0oor, but she is de0icted as a kind of saintly role model for
0eo0le with handica0s.
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she be%in writin% a book. /nother An%lish 0rofessor from 'ar9ard named ;ohn
Macy re9iewed her work.
At the age of 22, Keller published her autobiography, The Story of My
Life (1903), ith help fro! Sulli"a# a#d Sulli"a#$s husba#d, %oh#
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