A Clarion Call for Liberty

By Helen Keller / July 1, 1982

Illustration of a man sitting in chair

This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 10 No. 4, "American Heretic: Portrait of Jim Dombrowski, artist and activist." Find more from that issue here.

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Helen Keller

/*-->*/ /*-->*/ Helen Keller, born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1880, is known to millions throughout the world for her triumph over multiple disabilities to learn and communicate in a world of hearing and seeing people. Her struggle and that of her beloved teacher, Anne Sullivan, was popularized in the movie "The Miracle Worker." What is less well-known is her championing of women's suffrage, workers' rights, socialism and anti-militarism.

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