Hellen Keller

Initially I heard about her once and then I heard about her twice and then three times and I was like who the fuck is Hellen Keller? So Wikipedia I went:

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Keller went on to become a world-famous speaker and author. She is remembered as an advocate for people with disabilities amid numerous other causes. She was a suffragist, a pacifist, an opponent of Woodrow Wilson, a radical Socialist and a birth control supporter. [ Boooo! ] In 1915 she and George Kessler founded the Helen Keller International (HKI) organization. This organization is devoted to research in vision, health and nutrition. In 1920 she helped to found the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Keller and Sullivan traveled to over 39 countries, making several trips to Japan and becoming a favorite of the Japanese people. Keller met every U.S. President from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon B. Johnson and was friends with many famous figures, including Alexander Graham Bell, Charlie Chaplin and Mark Twain.

The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker.

It's black&white and old and I tried to watch it but it's SO boring so I'm not gonna comment on that anymore.

All-of-a-sudden for some reason I've been hearing about Hellen like friggin' everywhere lately. Songs:



There are actually tons of Hellen Keller jokes:
How come Helen Keller didn't scream when she fell off the cliff?
- She was wearing mittens.

What did Helen Keller's parents do to punish her?
- Rearranged the furniture
- Left the plunger in the toilet bowl
- Put saran wrap on the toilet
- Put her in a round room and said there's a penny in the corner
- Glued doorknobs to the walls.

Why does Helen Keller wear skin-tight pants?
- So you can read her lips.

Yes, they are all retarded.

And I was talking with this dude someday and he was like: "she did all that crap so why the hell did hellen keller become an internatonal joke?"

Because she's a woman.