HelenAdamsKeller(June27,1880–June1,1968)wasanAmericanauthor,politicalactivist,andlecturer.ShewasthefirstdeafblindpersontoearnaBachelorofArtsdegree.[1][2]ThestoryofhowKeller'steacher,AnneSullivan,brokethroughtheisolationimposedbyanearcompletelackoflanguage,allowingthegirltoblossomasshelearnedtocommunicate,hasbecomewidelyknownthroughthedramaticdepictionsoftheplayandfilmTheMiracleWorker.

　　Aprolificauthor,Kellerwaswell-traveled,andwasoutspokeninheroppositiontowar.AmemberoftheSocialistPartyofAmericaandtheWobblies,shecampaignedforwomen'ssuffrage,workers'rights,andsocialism,aswellasmanyotherleftistcauses.