HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN KELLER
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968)
~was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first
deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how
Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a
near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she
learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic
depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. Her birthday on June
27 is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
and was authorized at the federal level by presidential proclamation by
President Jimmy Carter in 1980, her 100th birthday.
A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled and outspoken in her
convictions. A member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial
Workers of the World, she campaigned for women's suffrage, labor
rights, socialism, and other radical left causes. She was inducted into the
Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1971.
~Paul Warren Apura
~Paul Warren Apura
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