She was a supporter of the NAACP and an original member of the American Civil Liberties Union. She joined the Socialist Party of America in 1909. Keller campaigned for those with disabilities, for women’s suffrage, labor rights, and world peace. Keller was a prolific author, writing 14 books and hundreds of speeches and essays on topics ranging from animals to Mahatma Gandhi. She worked for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) from 1924 until 1968, during which time she toured the United States and traveled to 35 countries around the globe advocating for those with vision loss. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, she attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She also learned how to speak and to understand other people's speech using the Tadoma method. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan, who taught her language, including reading and writing Sullivan's first lessons involved spelling words on Keller's hand to show her the names of objects around her. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and hearing after a bout of illness at the age of nineteen months. Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer.

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