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04544aam a2200505 i 4500 001 5104566E61B211EE96A426B62DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231003010052 008 230527t20232023miu db 001 0beng 010 $a 2023018205 020 $a 9798885792721 (large print : hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1381469517 040 $a LBSOR $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d BKL $d IL2 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV1624.K4 $b W355 2023 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20230607 100 1 $a Wallace, Max, $e author. 245 10 $a After the miracle : $b the political crusades of Helen Keller / $c Max Wallace. 250 $a Large print edition. 260 $a Farmington HIlls, ME : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company, $c [2023] 263 $a 2309 300 $a 701 pages (large print) ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Before the miracle -- Teacher -- "The second Laura Bridgman" -- "A bold plagiarism" -- The story of my life -- "Mr. Clemens" -- Political epiphany -- "Industrial blindness and social deafness" -- Radical shift -- "A defective race" -- Helen vs. Jim Crow -- "A little island of joy" -- Helen vs. Teddy Roosevelt -- "The human wonder" -- The foundation -- Helen vs. the FuÌhrer -- "The spirit of revolt" -- Fellow traveler -- Gathering storm -- Red scare -- Helen vs. Apartheid -- Helen vs. Joe McCarthy -- The miracle worker -- Helen and teacher. 520 $a "In this powerful new history, New York Times bestselling author Max Wallace draws on groundbreaking research to reframe Helen Keller's journey after the miracle at the water pump, vividly bringing to light her rarely discussed, lifelong fight for social justice across gender, class, race, and ability. Raised in Alabama, she sent shockwaves through the South when she launched a public broadside against Jim Crow and donated to the NAACP. She used her fame to oppose American intervention in WWI. She spoke out against Hitler the month he took power in 1933 and embraced the anti-fascist cause during the Spanish Civil War. She was one of the first public figures to alert the world to the evils of Apartheid, raising money to defend Nelson Mandela when he faced the death penalty for High Treason, and she lambasted Joseph McCarthy at the height of the Cold War, even as her contemporaries shied away from his notorious witch hunt. But who was this revolutionary figure? She was Helen Keller. From books to movies to Barbie dolls, most mainstream portrayals of Keller focus heavily on her struggles as a deafblind child--portraying her Teacher, Annie Sullivan, as a miracle worker. This narrative--which has often made Keller a secondary character in her own story--has resulted in few people knowing that her greatest accomplishment was not learning to speak, but what she did with her voice when she found it. After the Miracle is a much-needed corrective to this antiquated narrative. In this first major biography of Keller in decades, Max Wallace reveals that the lionization of Sullivan at the expense of her famous pupil was no accident, and calls attention to Keller's efforts as a card-carrying socialist, fierce anti-racist, and progressive disability advocate. Despite being raised in an era when eugenics and discrimination were commonplace, Keller consistently challenged the media for its ableist coverage and was one of the first activists to highlight the links between disability and capitalism, even as she struggled against the expectations and prejudices of those closest to her" -- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Keller, Helen, $d 1880-1968. 600 10 $a Keller, Helen, $d 1880-1968 $x Political and social views. 600 10 $a Keller, Helen, $d 1880-1968 $x Political activity. 650 0 $a Deafblind people $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Deafblind women $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Political activists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women political activists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Deafblind women $x Political activity $z United States. 650 0 $a Large type books. 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20240604012640.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20240404010529.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20240126010424.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240106010751.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20231107011031.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025015250.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231003012808.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5104566E61B211EE96A426B62DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search