Read complete books and articles on: Helen Keller

Keller, Helen Adams - 1880–1968, American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put under the charge of Anne Sullivan (see Macy, Anne Sullivan), who was her teacher and companion until Sullivan's death in 1936. As a pupil Helen Keller made rapid progress and was graduated from Radcliffe in 1904 with honors

10 of the Best Books and Articles on: Helen Keller

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The Story of My Life » Read Now
by Helen Keller, John Albert Macy. 441 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Life Photograph by Falk , 1895 HELEN KELLER AND MISS SULLIVAN THE STORY OF MY LIFE By HELEN KELLER WITH HER LETTERS 1887-1901...1903 Copyright 1902, 1903 by Helen Keller...
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Helen and Teacher: The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy » Read Now
by Joseph P. Lash. 812 pgs.

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

...I am prepared to argue that Helen Keller was the most sensuous woman who...understands that the story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy is the...Brownmiller "We learn...
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Women Public Speakers in the United States, 1925-1993: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook ("Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968), Advocate for the Blind, Socialist, and Feminist" p.254 ) » Read Now
by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. 491 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This volume, the second of two companion biographical dictionaries, provides extensive entries on 31 women orators active since 1925. It covers women with distinguished political careers, such as Clare Boothe Luce, Frances Perkins, and Ann Willis Richards; women with important scientific careers...
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This volume, the second of two companion biographical dictionaries, provides extensive entries on 31 women orators active since 1925. It covers women with distinguished political careers, such as Clare Boothe Luce, Frances Perkins, and Ann Willis Richards; women with important scientific careers, such as Rachel Carson and Helen Broinowski Caldicott; and women with religious careers, such as Dorothy Day and Pauli Murray. It includes extraordinary women, such as Helen Keller and Eleanor Roosevelt and women who have been active in the women's movement as well as those, such as Phyllis Schlafly, who have been actively anti-feminist. Each entry provides brief biographical information, focuses on an analysis of the subject's rhetoric, and concludes with information on sources.
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American Profile, 1900-1909 ("Helen Keller, Prodigy" p. 187) » Read Now
by Edward Wagenknecht. 365 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...costumes tended to discourage that, for they included skirts that covered the knees and long black stockings; when Annette Kellerman appeared barelegged at Bostons Revere...
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The Construction of Authorship: Textual Appropriation in Law and Literature ("Touching Words: Helen Keller, Plagiarism, Authorship" p. 57) » Read Now
by Martha Woodmansee, Peter Jaszi. 464 pgs.

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...29 Touching Words: Helen Keller, Plagiarism, Authorship Jim...we learn that the writer was Helen Keller; for blind and deaf from birth...a mere re-production such as Helen...
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Great Teachers: Portrayed by Those Who Studied under Them ("Anne Mansfield Sullivan 1866-1936" p. 3) » Read Now
by Houston Peterson. 356 pgs.

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

...Mansfield Sullivan teaching blind Helen Keller the meaning of the word "love...from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, copyright 1902, 1903 by Doubleday...Sullivan...
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Fundamentals of Social Psychology ("Communication is Interrupted: The Case of Helen Keller" p. 17) » Read Now
by Eugene L. Hartley. 766 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...COMMUNICATION IS INTERRUPTED: THE CASE OF HELEN KELLER Only a person who has experienced...describe its powerful impact. Helen Keller, deprived of her sight and...
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Training Teachers to Address the Needs of Students with Severe Mental Retardation, in Education » Read Now
by Mit Arnold, Dorothy Serpas. 4 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...educability. One operational example of educability is presented in the story of Helen Keller. The Lesson of Helen Keller When introduced to the story of Helen Keller and...
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Notable Women in American History: A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies ("Keller, Helen" p. 192) » Read Now
by Lynda G. Adamson. 450 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This unique guide will enable students, librarians, teachers, and general readers to easily identify the best biographies and autobiographies of 500 of the most notable women in American history. Spanning from colonial America through 1998, the guide features entries on historical and contemporary...
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This unique guide will enable students, librarians, teachers, and general readers to easily identify the best biographies and autobiographies of 500 of the most notable women in American history. Spanning from colonial America through 1998, the guide features entries on historical and contemporary women who have achieved recognition in more than 100 fields of endeavor. It annotates approximately 1350 recommended books published since 1970 about these women. The compilation of works selected here is unavailable in any other reference.
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The Helen Keller Joke Cycle, in Journal of American Folklore » Read Now
by Mac E. Barrick. 9 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...The Helen Keller Joke Cycle In the winter of 1979-1980, students...Pennsylvania were asking each other such questions as "How did Helen Keller burn her fingers?" and "How...