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In May 1888, she attended Perkin's Institute for the Blind. That was her first school and she was about 8 years old at the time. She also went to New York in 1894 to attend the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf and Horace Mann School for the Deaf. In 1896, she went to Masachussetts and got into The Cambridge School for Young Ladies. In 1900, she gained entrance to Radcliffe College. She graduated Radcliffe at age 24 in 1904 and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree. She was the first blind, deaf, and mute person to get that degree.http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index? qid=20100124132526AAe3nwd 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 ed birth control, and she ed women’s 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 ed the American Foundation for the Blind. Was a socialist and ed equal suffrage. Favored the feminist pro choice views, and ed birth control use. Was a member of the Women’s Peace Party. She also ed the NAA 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-carlabertoldi.html

I first became interested in the activist work of Helen Keller a few years ago when I read James Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (1995). Loewen concludes that the way that Helen Keller's life story is turned into a "bland maxim" is lying by omission. When I

turned to the many picture books written about her, I was discouraged to discover that books for young children retain that bland flavor, negating the power of her life work and the lessons she herself would hope people would take from it. Here is a woman who worked throughout her long life as a radical advocate for the poor, but she is depicted as a kind of saintly role model for people with handicaps. http://www.rethinkingschools.org/restrict.asp? path=archive/17_01/Kell171.shtml When she was at Radcliffe College, one of her English teacher suggested that she begin writing a book. Another English professor from Harvard named John Macy reviewed her work. At the age of 22, Keller published her autobiography, The Story of My Life (1903), with help from Sullivan and Sullivan's husband, John Macy. It includes words that Keller wrote and the story of her life up to age 21, and was written during her time in college. WOMEN STUDIES http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.hpu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/ pdfviewer?sid=6f5134a8-b985-4850-82b2-fed68e85c60d %40sessionmgr115&vid=5&hid=118 HELEN KELLER QUOTEhttp://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.hpu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/ pdfviewer?sid=2aa9d102-18b1-4bcf-a982-c101dd96dceb %40sessionmgr115&vid=5&hid=118 ANNE SULLIVAN/MEN IN POWER http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.hpu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/ pdfviewer?sid=2aa9d102-18b1-4bcf-a982-c101dd96dceb %40sessionmgr115&vid=8&hid=118 Women's Timeline http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html NEWYORK TIMES POST-JOHNMACY BAD http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.hpu.edu/hnpnewyorktime s/docview/109840240/13D538EFFD38071012/1?

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