{"product_id":"helen-keller-autograph-letter-signed-re-teacher-anne-sullivan-going-blind-psa","title":"HELEN KELLER Letter Signed Autograph Re: Teacher ANNE SULLIVAN Going Blind * PSA","description":"\u003cpre data-hook=\"description\" class=\"skK8UF\" style=\"border: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; text-overflow: ellipsis;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#0039f3\" size=\"6\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003ePerhaps the finest Helen Keller letter ever on her beloved teacher's own blindness: \u003ci\u003e\"the darkness that covers me has fallen upon her...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003eAmerican author, disability rights advocate and lecturer HELEN KELLER touching, deeply emotional typewritten letter signed on her relationship with her beloved teacher, ANNE SULLIVAN's own blindness. Keller signs with a large pencil signature at conclusion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter extensive research, we have identified only one other known copy of this letter, held by the American Foundation for the Blind, making this a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire such a significant piece of Helen Keller history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003eIn full:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#0039f3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"For fifty years Anne Sullivan Macy, my beloved teacher, has been the light in my life. Now she is ill and the darkness that covers me has fallen upon her; still the light of her love shines amid the encircling gloom, and we are happy.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); white-space: normal;\"\u003eSullivan was often called the \"Miracle Worker\" for her ability to teach, guide and illuminate the world for Keller. Sullivan's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003evision had been severely damaged since childhood by trachoma, and despite surgeries that partially restored it, her eyesight gradually deteriorated again over the years until she was completely blind by her later adulthood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cstrong style='font-family: \"Market Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box;'\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); white-space: normal;\"\u003e With Anne's health in decline, Keller issued the letter from the Doctor's Hospital in New York City in 1936. Sullivan died later that same year, with Keller holding her hand, after falling into a coma.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003eThe HELEN KELLER autograph has been thoroughly reviewed and CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA\/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION and encapsulated using PSA\/DNA's proprietary sonically-sealed technology – your assurance of absolute authenticity. GUARANTEED GENUINE. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eKeller was a prolific author, writing 14 books and hundreds of speeches and essays on topics ranging from animals to Mahatma Gandhi. Keller campaigned for those with disabilities and for women's suffrage, labor rights, and world peace. She was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). She became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eCondition is as shown with toning and expected folds, consistent with age, use and handling. Please review all images carefully for exact condition. 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