Optimism

by Helen Keller

Overview

This version of Optimism is an historic 1903 edition. The essay on Optimism attempts to give guidance on the "practice" of optimism and finding it from within.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015199116
Publisher:	Balefire Publishing
Publication date:	08/23/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	76
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

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. 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 widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker.

A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled, and was outspoken in her anti-war convictions. A member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, she campaigned for women's suffrage, labor rights, socialism, and other radical left causes. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1971.