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Part One: Helen Keller Was a Socialist But Also Complicated

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Helen Keller's Learning to Communicate

Laura had a friend in a roommate who was named Anne Sullivan. She's Helen Keller's teacher and lifelong friend. Her background includes such notes as after her mother's death, her dad abandoned her at a boarding house. The boarding house was subsequently investigated for quote, sexually perverted practices and cannibalism. So, Anne Sullivan did not have an easy childhood.

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