Helen Keller
Her legacy reminds us there’s still work to do
Touch, feel, and experience the life story of Helen Keller—from early childhood years to her demand for justice and equality for marginalized communities everywhere.
Feel the rush of water and the chill of the cast iron pump that sparked Helen Keller’s first breakthrough with language. Try your hand at a braillewriter replica and encounter two different typewriters used by Helen—one from her years at Radcliffe College, where she made history as the first Deafblind person to earn a college degree.
Pause before Helen’s walnut desk, where her words became a rallying cry for justice during 44 years of work at The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). Trace Helen’s lifetime through documents, images and objects that don’t just honor her impact, but urge us to continue the work she began.
And perhaps most importantly, remember that Helen’s story didn’t end at the pump at her childhood home in Tuscumbia, Alabama. That was only the beginning—a watershed moment that ignited a lifetime of bold advocacy and transformative change.
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