Deaf and blind author, activist, and lecturer, who, with the help of her teacher and friend, Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller overcame her disabilities and went on to use her considerable voice to advocate for people with disabilities, women’s rights, and worker’s rights.
Helen Keller
June 27, 1880 – September 1, 1968
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” -Helen Keller
Submitted by our members in 2006.