UID:
kobvindex_HPB779828177
Format:
1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:
9780814759004
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0814759009
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:
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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Nielsen, Kim E. Radical Lives of Helen Keller. New York : NYU Press, ©2004 ISBN 9780814758137
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biographies
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Biographies.
