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The provided excerpts from an article detail the life, education, and career of Helen Keller, a renowned author and activist who was deaf and blind from a young age. The text outlines her early life in Tuscumbia, Alabama, her recovery from an unknown illness, and the crucial relationship with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, who taught her to communicate. Furthermore, the source highlights Keller's formal education, culminating in her graduation from Radcliffe College, and focuses extensively on her political activism as a Socialist, suffragist, and founding member of the ACLU, advocating against industrial oppression and for workers' rights. Finally, the material summarizes her numerous published works, companions after Sullivan's death, later life, and the various portrayals and posthumous honors she received, including the Alabama state quarter featuring her image in braille.

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