Elise Martorano explains why the common distasteful Helen Keller jokes undermine the historic figure’s accomplishments as a political activist and human being.

So I hated Helen Keller and I loved Helen Keller jokes and I, you know, told them with relish in the schoolyard. I started to wonder if I had been unfair to Helen Keller when I was a child.

Pam Covington, left, plays Helen Keller and Trisha Miller-Smith is Annie Sullivan role in DCT production of The Miracle Worker. Spencer Tracy said the key to great acting is "know your lines and ...

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Helen Keller jokes were popular when I was in elementary school. The only one I remember asked, “How did Helen Keller burn her fingers?” The we-thought-clever riposte: “Trying to read a ...

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“Water” The internet is full of meanness. One of the first viral videos I can remember watching was a clip from a community theater production of The Miracle Worker where the sighted actor ...