To understand the people who've profoundly impacted history, we're exploring the books that profoundly impacted them. Here, Dorothy Herrmann, author of Helen Keller: A Life, tells us about the ...

When Helen Keller was a child most deaf and blind children were sent to work houses ... She demanded that books be made available in Braille in libraries. That sounds obvious today but back ...

With her books slated for the bonfires, Helen Keller confronted German students in an open letter: "History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that ...