Helen Keller meets with Rabindranath Tagore, 1921
New York, New York
Courtesy of Perkins School for the Blind Archives, AG62-3-001
Activist and author Helen Keller, who was both blind and deaf, met with poet Rabindranath Tagore in New York before his return to India. While Keller inspired many around the world with her courage and determination, she wrote of this visit, “Sitting beside Rabindranath Tagore and sharing his thoughts is like spending one’s days beside the Sacred River, drinking deep of honeyed wisdom.”