18+: Helen Keller, deaf and blind from age two, became engag…

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Did you know? Helen Keller, deaf and blind from age two, became engaged at 36 (1916) to her secretary Peter Fagan. Her family opposed the relationship and kept the couple apart. The story was only reconstructed from her correspondence in the 1970s — after her death.

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Helen Keller, deaf and blind from age two, became engaged at 36 (1916) to her secretary Peter Fagan. Her family opposed the relationship and kept the couple apart. The story was only reconstructed from her correspondence in the 1970s — after her death.

Helen Keller, doof en blind sinds haar tweede levensjaar, raakte op haar 36e (1916) verloofd met haar secretaris Peter Fagan. Haar familie was tegen de relatie en hield het paar uit elkaar. Het verhaal werd pas in de jaren '70 — na haar dood — uit haar correspondentie gereconstrueerd.

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