![]() ![]() ![]() Keller was also a prominent activist for African American civil rights, supporting the NAACP and joining the American Civil Liberties Union. ![]() In addition, she joined the Industrial Workers of the World in 1915. She joined the Socialist Party of America in 1909 and spent the next twelve years speaking and writing on topics such as women’s suffrage, pacifism, and workers’ rights. A year later, Keller became the first deafblind person to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1903, she published her autobiography, The Story of My Life, with the help of Sullivan and her husband John. Between 18, Keller attended specialist schools for the deaf and blind before being admitted to Radcliffe College, then Harvard University’s school for women. With Sullivan’s help, she learned to read and write, as well as to speak using the Tadoma method. He referred them to the Perkins Institute for the Blind, which paired Keller with Anne Sullivan, a visually impaired instructor who would remain by Helen’s side for the next half century as her governess and companion. Her parents brought her to Baltimore to consult with Alexander Graham Bell, then a teacher for deaf children. Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Keller suffered a sudden illness at nineteen months old that left her both deaf and blind. Helen Keller (1880-1968) was an American author, activist, and lecturer. ![]()
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