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The true task is to unite and organize all workers...and it is the workers themselves who must secure freedom for themselves.

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
Author
Autobiographer
Essayist
Linguist
Orator
Peace Activist
Political Activist
Suffragette
Trade Unionist
Writer
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Helen Adams Keller
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Tasks
Workers
Freedom
True
Must
Unite
Organize

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