When Helen Keller was a child most deaf and blind children were sent to work houses ... It’s an against-all-odds story that tells us that there is no obstacle that can’t be overcome if we ...

Helen Keller was a deafblind author and activist best known for her 1902 autobiography, The Story of My Life. She was involved with the suffrage and labor-rights movements and an advocate for ...

Here, Dorothy Herrmann, author of Helen Keller: A Life, tells us about the writer and activist’s passion for philosophy, love of Walt Whitman, and devotion to the work of a Swedish theologian.