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



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Autore: Nielsen Kim E Visualizza persona
Titolo: The radical lives of Helen Keller / / Kim E. Nielsen ; consulting editor Harvey J. Kaye Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto non controllato: Kellers
activism
biography
complex
controversial
explore
first
landscape
political
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  Visualizza cluster
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.: 996247880603316
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Serie: History of disability series.