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Helen Keller was a 19th-century American author and activist. Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Courage — Facing fear, adversity, and uncertainty with bravery

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“For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.”
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