Activist and author Helen Keller, who was both blind and deaf, traveled several times to Asia and the Pacific between the 1930s and 1950s for the American Foundation for the Overseas Blind. She met with like-minded individuals and institutions devoted to helping those with disabilities, as well as with government representatives. Her visits inspired students, such as those at the Sunshine Technical School and St. Michael’s School for the Blind, where she read a Braille book with pupils.
American Foundation for the Blind, Helen Keller Archive, A-HK07-01-B044-F05-077.1.1/A-HK07-01=B046-F01-1.1
Top: Helen Keller (center) surrounded by students from the Sunshine Technical School, 1948Top: Helen Keller (center) surrounded by students from the Sunshine Technical School, 1948
Melbourne, Australia
Bottom: Keller and her assistant Polly Thomson visit St. Michael’s School for the Blind, 1955Bottom: Keller and her assistant Polly Thomson visit St. Michael’s School for the Blind, 1955
Rangoon (Yangon), Burma