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==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]].

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>

==Political Activities and Influences==

==Political Activities and Influences==

She was a founding member of the [[ACLU]], and was close personal friends with [[Margaret Sanger]], the founder of [[Planned Parenthood]]. She also maintained contact with [[Alexander Graham Bell]], [[Charlie Chaplin]], and [[Mark Twain]]. Twain especially admired Keller's work. Every president between [[Grover Cleveland]] and [[Lyndon Johnson]] met with her at least once during their presidency.

She was a founding member of the [[ACLU]], and was close personal friends with [[Margaret Sanger]], the founder of [[Planned Parenthood]]. She also maintained contact with [[Alexander Graham Bell]], [[Charlie Chaplin]], and [[Mark Twain]]. Twain especially admired Keller's work. Every president between [[Grover Cleveland]] and [[Lyndon Johnson]] met with her at least once during their presidency.

==Later Life==

===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</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==