TY  - BOOK
AU  - KELLER, Helen
AU  - WALKER, Lou Ann [Verfasser Vorwort]
TI  - The Story of My Life
SN  - 0451524470
PY  - 1988///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Englischliteratur
KW  - Biographie
KW  - Keller, Helen
KW  - Non-Fiction
KW  - Topic
N2  - Helen Keller would not be bound by conditions. Rendered deaf and blind at 19 months by scarlet fever, she learned to read (in several languages) and even speak, eventually graduating with honors from Radcliffe College in 1904, where as a student she wrote The Story of My Life. That she accomplished all of this in an age when few women attended college and the disabled were often relegated to the background, spoken of only in hushed tones, is remarkable. But Keller's many other achievements are impressive by any standard: she authored 13 books, wrote countless articles, and devoted her life to social reform. An active and effective suffragist, pacifist, and socialist (the latter association earned her an FBI file), she lectured on behalf of disabled people everywhere. She also helped start several foundations that continue to improve the lives of the deaf and blind around the world
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