Ebook {Epub PDF} Rebel Lives: Helen Keller by Helen Keller

This unique book presents a generally unrecognized aspect of Helen Keller’s life: her radical socialism, her defense of the IWW and her pacifist stance during both world wars. It includes texts written about her, by figures such as socialist leader Eugene V. Debs and Mark Twain. "Her liberal views and wide sympathies ought to shame those who have physical eyes, yet do not open them to the. The fact that Keller could speak and write at all has somewhat overshadowed the subjects of her speeches and writings, which were largely radical and controversial. Some excellent selections of these have recently been collected and published in Ocean Books'Rebel Lives series, which features a title on Helen Keller. Contained within this collection are excerpts from speeches and private . Several decades after her death in , Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating story of her vivid political life—particularly her interest in radicalism and anti-capitalist activism—has been largely overwhelmed by the sentimentalized story of her as a young deaf-blind girl.

Helen Keller: Rebel Lives; Written by author Helen Keller; Published by Ocean Press, July ; This unique book presents a generally unrecognized aspect of Helen Keller's life: her radical socialism, her defense of the IWW and her pacifist stance during both world wars. Rebel Lives: Helen Keller. This unique book presents a generally unrecognized aspect of Helen Keller's life: her radical socialism, her defense of the IWW and her pacifist stance during both world wars. It includes texts written about her, by figures such as socialist leader Eugene V. Debs and Mark Twain. Several decades after her death in , Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating story of her vivid political life—particularly her interest in radicalism and anti-capitalist activism—has been largely overwhelmed by the sentimentalized story of her as a young deaf-blind girl.

Rebel Lives: Helen Keller by Helen Keller 99 ratings, average rating, 7 reviews Rebel Lives Quotes Showing of 6 “The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all. Helen Keller, Wobbly Helen Keller became a prominent socialist, and later a member of the Industrial Workers of the World. Although the FBI file refers to Helen Keller as a "non-Communist", during the McCarthy era anyone who even communicated with suspected communists was smeared. Rebel Lives has an excellent resource section at the end which guides the reader to web pages and other books about Keller, including www.doorway.ru which publishes Keller’s FBI file. Helen Keller: Rebel Lives opens with an introductory essay by Karen Fletcher and John Davis. They outline the aims of the collection, comment on significant ideas in the essays published and locate the book in the context of growing interest in Keller’s socialism.