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Helen Keller Suffragist Political Activist
Early Life
Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama in June 27th, 1880 (Keller 1). At the tender age of 1 year and 7 months, Keller developed a disease that made her deaf and blind, therefore, losing her once normal life. Arthur H. Keller, her father, had been an editor provided the basics for her interests in literary work. Facing the hardships associated with such disabilities at a young age created an environment that pushed her into becoming activists and even a politician. Helen Keller was lucky to have a father who was financially capable of educating her irrespective of her disabilities.
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However, she had numerous admirers and a close-knit cycle of friends. Keller had the ability to make life-long friends who become more that family. Anne Sullivan, for example, becomes friends with Keller since she was six years old and their friendship came to an end after her death. Anne’s husband, John Macy was also among the circle of friends that Keller, as he travelled with them in their conquests.
Career
Helen Keller was an activist whose activities were primary to help people with disabilities. Considering hers was a combination of two disabilities, blindness and deafness, she was very determined not to stand in
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her way. She worked extremely hard to have the ability to communicate with the world about her ideologies. In 1915 together with George Kessler she founded the Helen Kessler International (HKI). The organization focused on health, nutrition and vision; it provided people with blindness a platform from which they could share their challenges and an institution through which they could be assisted to reach their

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