The Radical Lives of Helen Keller
Author: Kim E. Nielsen
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2009-04
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0814758142
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The Radical Lives of Helen Keller
Author: Kim E. Nielsen
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0814758134
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Despite her disabilities, Helen Keller worked tirelessly for human rights and other political issues.
Helen Keller
Author: Elizabeth MacLeod
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Published: 2007-08
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1554530008
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A brief biography highlights some of the struggles and accomplishments in the life of Helen Keller.
Helen Keller
Author: Kim E Nielsen
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2005-06-01
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 0814758479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“[My life] is so rich with blessings—an immense capacity of enjoyment, books, and beloved friends. . . . Most earnestly I pray the dear Heavenly Father that I may sometime make myself far more worthy of the love shown to me than I am now.” —April 22, 1900 letter from Helen Keller to John Hitz, AFB When Helen Keller died in 1968, at the age of eighty-eight years old, she was one of the most widely known women in the world. The overnight success of her biography, The Story of My Life, written at age twenty-three, made it obvious to Keller that she was endowed with a gift for writing and speaking. As she got older, she increasingly began to do both on a variety of subjects extending beyond her own disability, including social, political, and theological issues. Helen Keller: Selected Writings collects Keller’s personal letters, political writings, speeches, and excerpts of her published materials from 1887 to 1968. The book also includes an introductory essay by Kim E. Nielsen, headnotes to each document, and a selected bibliography of work by and about Keller. The majority of the letters and some prints, all drawn from the Helen Keller Archives at the American Foundation for the Blind in New York, are being published for the first time. Literature, education, advocacy, politics, religion, travel: the many interests of Helen Keller culminate in this book and are reflected in her spirited narration. Also portrayed are the individuals Keller inspired and took inspiration from, including her teacher Annie Sullivan, her family, and others with whom she formed friendships throughout the course of her life. This often charming collection revels in and preserves Keller’s public and private life, coming to us in the year which marks the 125th anniversary of her birthday.
Helen Keller
Author: Dorothy Herrmann
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1999-12-15
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780226327631
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Draws on the archives of Helen Keller's estate and the unpublished memoirs of Keller's teacher, Annie Sullivan, to trace Keller's transformation from a furious girl to a world-renowned figure.
Helen Keller, Her Socialist Years
Author: Helen Keller
Publisher: New York : International Publishers
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There Plant Eyes
Author: M. Leona Godin
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2022-08-30
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 198489840X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of braille to the science of echolocation, M. Leona Godin explores the fascinating history of blindness, interweaving it with her own story of gradually losing her sight. “[A] thought-provoking mixture of criticism, memoir, and advocacy." —The New Yorker There Plant Eyes probes the ways in which blindness has shaped our ocularcentric culture, challenging deeply ingrained ideas about what it means to be “blind.” For millennia, blindness has been used to signify such things as thoughtlessness (“blind faith”), irrationality (“blind rage”), and unconsciousness (“blind evolution”). But at the same time, blind people have been othered as the recipients of special powers as compensation for lost sight (from the poetic gifts of John Milton to the heightened senses of the comic book hero Daredevil). Godin—who began losing her vision at age ten—illuminates the often-surprising history of both the condition of blindness and the myths and ideas that have grown up around it over the course of generations. She combines an analysis of blindness in art and culture (from King Lear to Star Wars) with a study of the science of blindness and key developments in accessibility (the white cane, embossed printing, digital technology) to paint a vivid personal and cultural history. A genre-defying work, There Plant Eyes reveals just how essential blindness and vision are to humanity’s understanding of itself and the world.
Out of the Dark
Author: Helen Keller
Publisher:
Published: 1913
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The hand of the world -- How I became a socialist -- An appeal to reason -- The workers' right -- The modern woman -- An apology for going to college -- To the new college girl -- A letter to an English woman-suffragist -- How to become a writer -- Our duties to the blind -- What the blind can do -- Preventable blindness -- The plain truth -- the truth again -- The conservation of eyesight -- The training of a blind child -- A letter to Mark Twain -- The heaviest burden on the blind -- What to do for the blind -- The unemployed blind -- The education of the deaf -- The gift of speech -- The work of De L'Epee -- The message of Swedenborg -- Christmas in the dark -- A new chime for the Christmas bells.
The Story of Helen Keller
Author: Christine Platt
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2020-08-18
Total Pages: 75
ISBN-13: 1646111087
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Help kids ages 6 to 9 discover the life of Helen Keller—a story about hope, courage, and finding your voice Helen Keller became a celebrated author, educator, and activist who believed in equality for people with disabilities. Before she made history as the first deaf and blind person to graduate from college, Helen was a smart kid who loved learning. She overcame many challenges to learn how to read, write, and talk. She spoke up for other people with disabilities so they could get equal rights. Explore how Helen Keller went from being a young girl in Alabama to the world-famous First Lady of Courage. The Story of Helen Keller includes: Word definitions—Find a helpful glossary for some of the more advanced words and ideas in the book. Test your knowledge—Take a fun quiz that tests the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of Helen's life. Lasting change—Learn about how Helen made the world a better place for future generations. How will the extraordinary journey of Helen Keller inspire you?
A Disability History of the United States
Author: Kim E. Nielsen
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2012-10-02
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0807022039
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. In many ways, it’s a familiar telling. In other ways, however, it is a radical repositioning of US history. By doing so, the book casts new light on familiar stories, such as slavery and immigration, while breaking ground about the ties between nativism and oralism in the late nineteenth century and the role of ableism in the development of democracy. A Disability History of the United States pulls from primary-source documents and social histories to retell American history through the eyes, words, and impressions of the people who lived it. As historian and disability scholar Nielsen argues, to understand disability history isn’t to narrowly focus on a series of individual triumphs but rather to examine mass movements and pivotal daily events through the lens of varied experiences. Throughout the book, Nielsen deftly illustrates how concepts of disability have deeply shaped the American experience—from deciding who was allowed to immigrate to establishing labor laws and justifying slavery and gender discrimination. Included are absorbing—at times horrific—narratives of blinded slaves being thrown overboard and women being involuntarily sterilized, as well as triumphant accounts of disabled miners organizing strikes and disability rights activists picketing Washington. Engrossing and profound, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally reinterprets how we view our nation’s past: from a stifling master narrative to a shared history that encompasses us all.
