The Story of My Life | Historical Context
Role of Women
When Keller wrote The Story of My Life she was not yet active in social reform. Still, her attendance at a college was an impressive feat for any woman at the time, and especially for a woman in Keller’s special situation. Her determination to receive an education equal to that offered a man was set early in her life. She recalls in chapter eighteen, ‘‘When I was a little girl, I visited Wellesley and surprised my friends by the announcement, ‘Someday I shall go to college—but I shall go to Harvard!’ When asked why I would not go to...
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