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The radical lives of Helen Keller / Kim E. Nielsen ; consulting editor Harvey J. Kaye.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nielsen, Kim E.
- Series:
- History of disability series.
- History of disability series
- ACLS Humanities E-Book
- The history of disability
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968.
- Keller, Helen.
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968--Political and social views.
- Deafblind women--United States--Biography.
- Deafblind women.
- Deafblind women--Education--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, c2004.
- New York, NY : New York University Press, [2004]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Several decades after her death in 1968, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating story of her vivid political life-particularly her interest in radicalism and anti-capitalist activism-has been largely overwhelmed by the sentimentalized story of her as a young deaf-blind girl. Keller had many lives indeed. Best known for her advocacy on behalf of the blind, she was also a member of the socialist party, an advocate of women's suffrage, a defender of the radical International Workers of the World, and a supporter of birth control-
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Introduction; 1. I Do Not Like This World As It Is: 1900-1924; 2. The Call of the Sightless: 1924-1937; 3. Manna in My Desert Places: 1937-1948; 4. I Will Not Allow Polly to Climb a Pyramid:1948-1968; 5. One of the Least Free People on Earth: The Making and Remaking of Helen Keller; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)
- ISBN:
- 9780814758465
- 0814758460
- 9780814759004
- 0814759009
- 9781417588329
- 1417588322
- OCLC:
- 779828177
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb90026 hdl
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