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    A Rare Recording of Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, and Polly Thompson
    A Rare Recording of Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, and Polly Thompson
    A Rare Recording of Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, and Polly Thompson
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    A Rare Recording of Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, and Polly Thompson

    Written by Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan and Polly Thompson

    Narrated by Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan and Polly Thompson

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    Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Though born with the ability to see and hear, at 19 months-old she contracted an acute illness that left her both deaf and blind. Eventually, 20-year-old Anne Sullivan, herself visually impaired, became Keller's speech instructor. It was the beginning of a 49-year-long relationship during which Sullivan evolved into Keller's governess and eventually her companion.

    In 1914, Sullivan's health began to fail, so a young woman from Scotland, Polly Thompson was hired to keep house. Though she had no experience with deaf or blind people, Thompson progressed to working as a secretary, and eventually a constant companion to Keller.

    Keller went on to become a world-famous speaker and author. She was a suffragist, a pacifist, a radical socialist, and a birth control advocate. In 1915 she and George Kessler founded the Helen Keller International organization, devoted to research in vision, health and nutrition. In 1920 she helped to found the American Civil Liberties Union.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherListen & Live Audio
    Release dateFeb 15, 2024
    ISBN9781593166830
    A Rare Recording of Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, and Polly Thompson
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    Helen Keller

    Helen Keller would not be bound by conditions. Rendered deaf and blind at 19 months by scarlet fever, she learned to read (in several languages) and even speak, eventually graduating with honors from Radcliffe College in 1904, where as a student she wrote The Story of My Life. That she accomplished all of this in an age when few women attended college and the disabled were often relegated to the background, spoken of only in hushed tones, is remarkable. But Keller's many other achievements are impressive by any standard: she authored 13 books, wrote countless articles, and devoted her life to social reform. An active and effective suffragist, pacifist, and socialist (the latter association earned her an FBI file), she lectured on behalf of disabled people everywhere. She also helped start several foundations that continue to improve the lives of the deaf and blind around the world.

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      The description is not accurate; there is an introduction by a man, then narrative by Anne Sullivan, then a short (10 seconds?) recording of Helen herself with interpretation by Polly.