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'''Helen Keller''' (1880 - 1968) is famous as a blind and deaf person who was able to overcome her handicaps through the devoted work of [[Anne Sullivan]], her teacher and eventual life-long friend.  Her blindness and deafness were caused by an illness early in her childhood.  The story of her relationship with Sullivan was recorded in the ''The Miracle Worker'' both as a play and later as a motion picture.

'''Helen Keller''' (1880 - 1968) is famous as a blind and deaf person who was able to overcome her handicaps through the devoted work of [[Anne Sullivan]], her teacher and eventual life-long friend.  Her blindness and deafness were caused by an illness early in her childhood.  The story of her relationship with Sullivan was recorded in the ''The Miracle Worker'' both as a play and later as a motion picture.

==Early Life==

==Early life==

At first attending schools for the deaf and blind, Keller went on to graduate from college with high honors.  As Keller learned to live with her handicaps and excel, she went on to speak at events supporting social causes including "rights" for the handicapped and [[feminism|women's "rights".]] Politically she was on the far left and supported [[socialism]].  Early on, she read the works of William Morris, [[George Bernard Shaw]], Arnold Bennett and [[Karl Marx]].<ref>[http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=6485 A Wonder Woman at Massey Hall], Toronto Star, January 1914</ref>  She was a supporter of the ideas of [[Henry George]], having read [[Progress and Poverty]] in braille.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QFEoAAAAMAAJ&q=keller+%22and+a+splendid+faith+in+the+essential+nobility+of+human+nature%22&dq=keller+%22and+a+splendid+faith+in+the+essential+nobility+of+human+nature%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAWoVChMI6rjf1v_nxwIVgZoeCh05iQf5|title=Land & Liberty: Monthly Journal for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade|date=1935|pages=58}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6KciAQAAMAAJ&q=helen+keller+georgism&dq=helen+keller+georgism&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAmoVChMI66eP8__nxwIVAyseCh2lhQa_|title=Henry George News, Volumes 27-28|publisher=Henry George School of Social Science|date=1964|pages=294}}</ref>

At first attending schools for the deaf and blind, Keller went on to graduate from college with high honors.  As Keller learned to live with her handicaps and excel, she went on to speak at events supporting social causes including "rights" for the handicapped and [[feminism|women's "rights".]] Politically she was on the far left and supported [[socialism]].  Early on, she read the works of William Morris, [[George Bernard Shaw]], Arnold Bennett and [[Karl Marx]].<ref>[http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=6485 A Wonder Woman at Massey Hall], Toronto Star, January 1914</ref>  She was a supporter of the ideas of [[Henry George]], having read [[Progress and Poverty]] in braille.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QFEoAAAAMAAJ&q=keller+%22and+a+splendid+faith+in+the+essential+nobility+of+human+nature%22&dq=keller+%22and+a+splendid+faith+in+the+essential+nobility+of+human+nature%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAWoVChMI6rjf1v_nxwIVgZoeCh05iQf5|title=Land & Liberty: Monthly Journal for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade|date=1935|pages=58}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6KciAQAAMAAJ&q=helen+keller+georgism&dq=helen+keller+georgism&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAmoVChMI66eP8__nxwIVAyseCh2lhQa_|title=Henry George News, Volumes 27-28|publisher=Henry George School of Social Science|date=1964|pages=294}}</ref>

===Anti-war activism===

===Anti-war activism===

Keller became a radical later in life. She said, "I am not for peace at all hazards. I regret this war ([[World War I]]), but I have never regretted the blood of the thousands spilled during the [[French Revolution]]". <ref>[http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/works/1910s/16_01_16.htm Why I Became an IWW]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/works/1910s/16_01_05.htm Strike Against War]</ref>

Keller became a radical later in life. She said, "I am not for peace at all hazards. I regret this war ([[World War I]]), but I have never regretted the blood of the thousands spilled during the [[French Revolution]]".<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/works/1910s/16_01_16.htm Why I Became an IWW]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/works/1910s/16_01_05.htm Strike Against War]</ref>

==References==

==References==