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1 online resource (192 pages). |
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The History of Disability |
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History of disability series.
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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. |
| Summary |
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-- |
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Print version record. |
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Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 -- Political and social views.
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Keller, Helen, 1880-1968.
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Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyWWmKTVf9FhbR4JQJRrq
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Deafblind women -- Education -- United States.
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Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography.
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Femmes sourdes-aveugles -- Éducation -- États-Unis.
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Femmes sourdes-aveugles -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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Deafblind women
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Deafblind women -- Education
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Political and social views
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Kellers. |
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activism. |
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biography. |
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complex. |
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controversial. |
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explore. |
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first. |
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landscape. |
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political. |
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nielsen, Kim E. Radical Lives of Helen Keller. New York : NYU Press, ©2004 9780814758137 |
| ISBN |
9780814759004 |
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0814759009 |
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9780814758144 (pbk.) |
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0814758142 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
DEBBG BV044162850 |
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DEBSZ 397248148 |
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DEBSZ 449287009 |
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