UID:
almahu_9949681367302882
Format:
1 online resource (192 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8147-5846-0
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0-8147-5900-9
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1-4175-8832-2
Series Statement:
The history of disability
Content:
Several decades after her death in 1968, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating story of her vivid political life-particularly her interest in radicalism and anti-capitalist activism-has been largely overwhelmed by the sentimentalized story of her as a young deaf-blind girl. Keller had many lives indeed. Best known for her advocacy on behalf of the blind, she was also a member of the socialist party, an advocate of women's suffrage, a defender of the radical International Workers of the World, and a supporter of birth control-
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Introduction; 1. I Do Not Like This World As It Is: 1900-1924; 2. The Call of the Sightless: 1924-1937; 3. Manna in My Desert Places: 1937-1948; 4. I Will Not Allow Polly to Climb a Pyramid:1948-1968; 5. One of the Least Free People on Earth: The Making and Remaking of Helen Keller; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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Electronic text and image data.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8147-5814-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8147-5813-4
Language:
English
