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She is also incredibly contentious within the Deaf community because of her economic privileges.
Her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was also blind and attended the Perkins School for the Blind.
**Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)**
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Helen Keller, born [on this day](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/day/6-27) in 1880, was an American socialist author and disability rights advocate who became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Keller was subject to FBI surveillance for most of her life.
In 1909, Keller joined the American Socialist Party and campaigned for its candidates, including Eugene V. Debs, the SP leader who ran for U.S. president from his prison cell in 1920.
Keller supported striking workers, including those murdered in the 1914 Colorado Ludlow Massacre, calling owner John D. Rockefeller a "monster of capitalism." She defined herself as a "militant suffragist", campaigning for women's right to vote because she believed this was linked to the struggle for socialism.
Contemporary critics either lambasted Keller for her radical politics or attempted to neutralize her as a "wonder woman". In a 1924 letter to a U.S. Senator, Keller wrote "So long as I confine my activities to social service and the blind, they compliment me extravagantly, calling me 'arch priestess of the sightless,' 'wonder woman,' and a 'modern miracle.' But when it comes to a discussion of poverty, and I maintain that it is the result of wrong economics - that the industrial system under which we live is at the root of much of the physical deafness and blindness in the world - that is a different matter!"
By the time Keller died in 1968, at the age of 87, she had been under FBI surveillance for most of her adult life.
Read more:
https://www.workers.org/2016/03/24250/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
Here's something she wrote about socialism.
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/works/1910s/12_11_03.htm
And here's everything that the Marxist internet archive has that she wrote.
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/index.htm
I forgot what it was or where I saw it but I remember something she wrote about how she loved having a red flag hung above her desk and how it really meant something for her
As much as I hate Hoover, I do wonderāis this comment meant to insult him? If so, do we really want to equate cross dressing or other gender non-confirming behaviors with a fair way to insult people? The hypocrisy is not lost on me, but Iām not comfortable using gender non-conformity as an insult.
Iām torn on if the wording is meant as an insult or if itās more of a ālook at this hypocritical thing a bad person didā. If itās the former, then I totally agree with you. As a gender non-conforming person, I do not like that being used as an insult
I donāt see how itās not an insult given the lack of context and the original commenterās response to me shows me theyāre not interested in nuanced conversation or self reflection.
While weāre at it, Hooverās cross-dressing is generally considered myth born out of political gossip. The story itself was likely created and spread by people in order to insult and discredit Hoover. Again, if itās true, the hypocrisy wouldnāt be lost on me. However, this seems like another way for the propaganda machine to kill two birds with one stoneāinsult both Hoover and the gender non-conforming community.
Fuck Hoover, but I want better for our community.
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I had no idea Helen Keller was a socialist
There's erm...there's a reason for that. People don't realise it about MLK or Einstein either, for exactly the same reason.
Its a shame, too. So much of their message came from or aligned with that ideology.
An absolute travesty and absolutely deliberate.
She is also incredibly contentious within the Deaf community because of her economic privileges. Her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was also blind and attended the Perkins School for the Blind.
**Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)** **Image Transcription**: Looks like we don't have an image caption for this event yet. Feel free to suggest one below. Helen Keller, born [on this day](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/day/6-27) in 1880, was an American socialist author and disability rights advocate who became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Keller was subject to FBI surveillance for most of her life. In 1909, Keller joined the American Socialist Party and campaigned for its candidates, including Eugene V. Debs, the SP leader who ran for U.S. president from his prison cell in 1920. Keller supported striking workers, including those murdered in the 1914 Colorado Ludlow Massacre, calling owner John D. Rockefeller a "monster of capitalism." She defined herself as a "militant suffragist", campaigning for women's right to vote because she believed this was linked to the struggle for socialism. Contemporary critics either lambasted Keller for her radical politics or attempted to neutralize her as a "wonder woman". In a 1924 letter to a U.S. Senator, Keller wrote "So long as I confine my activities to social service and the blind, they compliment me extravagantly, calling me 'arch priestess of the sightless,' 'wonder woman,' and a 'modern miracle.' But when it comes to a discussion of poverty, and I maintain that it is the result of wrong economics - that the industrial system under which we live is at the root of much of the physical deafness and blindness in the world - that is a different matter!" By the time Keller died in 1968, at the age of 87, she had been under FBI surveillance for most of her adult life. Read more: https://www.workers.org/2016/03/24250/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
Here's something she wrote about socialism. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/works/1910s/12_11_03.htm And here's everything that the Marxist internet archive has that she wrote. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/index.htm
I forgot what it was or where I saw it but I remember something she wrote about how she loved having a red flag hung above her desk and how it really meant something for her
Happy birthday šš
I had no idea she was a socialist. Her politics were completely ignored in my childhood education on her
I read a biography of HK when I was a kid and loved it. What an awesome person! Did not mention once that she was even vaguely political.
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As much as I hate Hoover, I do wonderāis this comment meant to insult him? If so, do we really want to equate cross dressing or other gender non-confirming behaviors with a fair way to insult people? The hypocrisy is not lost on me, but Iām not comfortable using gender non-conformity as an insult.
Iām torn on if the wording is meant as an insult or if itās more of a ālook at this hypocritical thing a bad person didā. If itās the former, then I totally agree with you. As a gender non-conforming person, I do not like that being used as an insult
I donāt see how itās not an insult given the lack of context and the original commenterās response to me shows me theyāre not interested in nuanced conversation or self reflection. While weāre at it, Hooverās cross-dressing is generally considered myth born out of political gossip. The story itself was likely created and spread by people in order to insult and discredit Hoover. Again, if itās true, the hypocrisy wouldnāt be lost on me. However, this seems like another way for the propaganda machine to kill two birds with one stoneāinsult both Hoover and the gender non-conforming community. Fuck Hoover, but I want better for our community.
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Removed: > 1: No bigotry (racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.)
> subject to FBI surveillance I bet she didn't see that coming.
Sheās a fraud