Helen Keller — Out of the Dark (1913)

Essays, letters and speeches on “physical and social vision”: Helen Keller’s writing about justice, work and the causes she fought for.

By her thirties Helen Keller was a public speaker and activist. Out of the Dark collects her writing on the causes of blindness, working conditions, poverty and the rights of people with disabilities.

It shows a Helen Keller many people never learn about in school: outspoken, political, and determined to use her fame to change how society treated the people it left behind.

Part of the Boston Made Reader’s special collection Courage, Conscience & Service. Every book and document here is free to read.