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008			210312n1988 gw ||||| |||| 00||||eng
020			_a0451524470
100			_aKELLER, Helen _cHelen KELLER
245			_aThe Story of My Life. _b
260			_aNew York _bPenguin Books _c1988
300			_a213 S.
520			_aHelen 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.
650			_aEnglischliteratur
650			_aBiographie
650			_aKeller, Helen
650			_aNon-Fiction
650			_aTopic
700			_aWALKER, Lou Ann [Verfasser Vorwort]
942			_cBK
999			_c12054 _d12054