The Radical Lives of Helen Keller Nielsen Hardback John Wiley & Sons

The Radical Lives of Helen KellerAuthor(s): Kim E. Nielsen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814758137, 978-0814758137\nSynopsis\nA political biography that reveals new sides to Helen Keller\n 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 lifeparticularly her interest in radicalism and anti-capitalist activismhas been largely overwhelmed by the sentimentalized story of her as a young deaf-blind girl.\nKeller 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 controland she served as one of the nation's most effective but unofficial international ambassadors. In spite of all her polit.