Helen Keller a socialist? Who knew!
0 6 minutes read Keller (in dark dress) received in Japan after World War II. Photo: American Foundation for the Blind. Walk into any book store, and you are sure to find at least one children’s book about Helen Keller — but you will have trouble finding any that mention she was a socialist. You would be lucky to find one that calls her an activist, or talks about her adult life at all. Even some books for adults only talk about Keller as a disability rights activist, stripping her lifelong work of its true revolutionary politics. July 26 is the anniversary of the Americans with Di...
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