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Helen Keller accomplished a lot in her lifetime. Despite becoming deaf-blind at 18 months of age, she authored multiple books, engaged in outspoken activism and gave lectures around the world. But did Helen Keller fly a plane?
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Undeterred by deafness and blindness, Helen Keller rose to become a major 20th century humanitarian, educator and writer
In 1946 deaf-blind writer and activist Helen Keller piloted a plane over the Mediterranean. How?
Library of Congress, Washington D.C. (Mavis identifier: 93858) In June 1946 an airplane traveled from Rome to Paris, crossing over the Mediterranean Sea. There was nothing unusual about this flight except one thing: for 20 minutes of the plane’s journey, one of its passengers became its pilot. The passenger was Dr. Helen Keller, an American author, educator, and activist who since childhood had been both blind and deaf. Though many women of her generation would rarely—or never—travel via airplane, this was not Keller’s first time in the air. Her first flight as a passenger took place ...
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