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A New Massive Helen Keller Archive Gets Launched
- asdfologist 8y agoFantastic. Much of this content has been unseen and unheard-of.
- sethrin 8y agoHoward Zinn would probably be able to tell you why that is.
- Proven 8y ago"Committed socialist" Ouch.
- kthejoker2 8y agoIf you've never read Helen Keller, I highly recommend it. She's a fantastic writer, nevermind the backstory. Like a mix between H.L. Mencken and Will Rogers, she's folksy, sharp, and quite a bomb thrower.
- meko 8y agoThat's very interesting. As a child, Keller was the butt of many jokes, usually implying she was mentally deficient. The passage at the beginning of the article demonstrates she was anything but. And with that, there's no surprise that she, like many modern critical thinkers, was a socialist