| Description |
xxv, 155 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Great American orators series, 0898-8277 ; no. 23 |
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Great American orators ; no. 23
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| Contents |
Foreword / Bernard K. Duffy -- Pt. 1. Visions of a Better Tomorrow: An Analysis of Helen Keller's Speaking. 1. Rescued from Darkness: The Gift of Language. 2. The World Seen Through Fingertips: Characteristics of Keller's Speeches. 3. Just Because I Cannot See Doesn't Mean I Cannot Know. 4. Not a Muted Voice: The Effectiveness of Keller's Speaking -- Pt. 2. A Voice for Social Reform: Texts of Selected Speeches. Speech at Andover. Address of Helen Keller at Mt. Airy. Our Duties to the Blind. The Heaviest Burden of the Blind. The Conservation of Eyesight. The Gift of Speech. A New Light is Coming. Menace of the Militarist Program. Strike Against War. Onward, Comrades! The Vaudeville Circuit, 1919-24. Speech to Annual Convention of Lions Clubs International. Address to the Teachers of the Deaf and of the Blind. Commencement Address to Queen Margaret College. Address to the New Church of Scotland (Swedenborgian). Address in St. Bride's Parish Church |
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Address to the National Institute for the Blind. Address to the National Council of Women. Speech to Knights of the Blind |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-149) and index |
| Subject |
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 -- Oratory.
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Keller, Helen, 1880-1968.
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Blind women -- United States -- Biography.
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Deaf women -- United States -- Biography.
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Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography.
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Women orators -- United States -- Biography.
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| LC no. |
95041690 |
| ISBN |
0313286434 (alk. paper) |
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