Long Live The Heroes Of Our Past – The Iconic Figures Who Live Into The Age Of Photography

Helen Keller (c. 1904)

Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) was only 19 months old when she lost her ability to hear and see. But despite her otherwise crippling disabilities, Keller would rise to prominence as America’s leader of laborers’, women’s, and the disabled’s rights. Keller was a celebrated lecturer and writer. According to History, Keller was, “Widely honored throughout the earth and invited to the White House by every U.S.A president from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon B. Johnson, Keller altered the world’s perception of the capacities of the handicapped.” son, Keller altered the world’s perception of the capacities of the handicapped.”

Helen Keller