The radical lives of Helen Keller / / Kim E. Nielsen ; consulting editor Harvey J. Kaye

• Autore: Nielsen Kim E
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.4/1/092
• Soggetto topico: Deafblind women - United States; Deafblind women - Education - United States
• Altri autori: KayeHarvey J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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-
• Titolo autorizzato: The radical lives of Helen Keller
• ISBN: 0-8147-5846-0; 0-8147-5900-9; 1-4175-8832-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809164903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History of disability series.