Editing Helen Keller (section)

== Works ==
[[File:Helen Keller13.jpg|thumb|Helen Keller, c. November 1912]]

Keller wrote a total of 12 published books and several articles. One of her earliest pieces of writing, at age 11, was ''[[The Frost King]]'' (1891). There were allegations that this story had been [[plagiarized]] from ''The Frost Fairies'' by Margaret Canby. An investigation into the matter revealed that Keller may have experienced a case of [[cryptomnesia]], which was that she had Canby's story read to her but forgot about it, while the memory remained in her subconscious.<ref name="rnib"/>

At age 22, with help from Sullivan and Sullivan's husband John Macy, Keller published her autobiography, ''[[The Story of My Life (biography)|The Story of My Life]]'' (1903).<ref>{{cite web |title=Helen Keller |url=https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/helen-keller/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121072727/https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/helen-keller/ |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |access-date=November 21, 2018 |website=Women of the Hall}}</ref> It recounts the story of her life up to age 21 and was written during her time in college. In an article Keller wrote in 1907, she brought to public attention the fact that many cases of childhood blindness could be prevented by washing the eyes of every newborn baby with a disinfectant solution. At the time, only a fraction of doctors and midwives were doing this. Thanks to Keller's advocacy, this commonsense public health measure was swiftly and widely adopted.<ref name="Hubbard"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.disabilitymuseum.org/dhm/lib/catcard.html?id=2503&print=1| date=January 1907| title=Unnecessary Blindness| first=Helen| last=Keller| magazine=The Ladies' Home Journal| access-date=December 6, 2021| archive-date=December 6, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206205550/https://www.disabilitymuseum.org/dhm/lib/catcard.html?id=2503&print=1| url-status=live}}</ref>

Keller wrote ''The World I Live In'' in 1908, giving readers an insight into how she felt about the world.<ref>{{Cite book| last=Keller| first=Helen| title=The World I Live In|url=https://archive.org/details/worldilivein00kelluoft| year=1910| publisher=The Century Co| location=New York| isbn=978-1-59017-067-0}}</ref> ''Out of the Dark'', a series of essays on socialism, was published in 1913. When Keller was young, Anne Sullivan introduced her to [[Phillips Brooks]], who introduced her to Christianity, Keller famously saying: "I always knew He was there, but I didn't know His name!"<ref name="Knowledge of God 1">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/willmingtonsguid00will| url-access=registration| page=[https://archive.org/details/willmingtonsguid00will/page/591 591]| title=Willmington's Guide to the Bible| year=1981| first=H. L.| last=Willmington| quote=Sometime after she had progressed to the point that she could engage in conversation, she was told of God and his love in sending Christ to die on the cross. She is said to have responded with joy, "I always knew he was there, but I didn't know his name!"| publisher=[[Tyndale House Publishers]]| location=Wheaton, Illinois| access-date=March 15, 2016| isbn=978-0-8423-8804-7}}</ref><ref name="Knowledge of God 2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzDfvkvqI0IC&q=Helen%20Keller%20but%20I%20didn't%20know%20His%20name%20Helen%20Keller&pg=PA78| title=God's Final Answer| first=Harold E.| last=Helms| publisher=Xulon Press| isbn=978-1-59467-410-5| date=April 30, 2004| quote=A favorite story about Helen Keller concerns her first introduction to the gospel. When Helen, who was both blind and deaf, learned to communicate, Anne Sullivan, her teacher, decided that it was time for her to hear about Jesus Christ. Anne called for Phillips Brooks, the most famous preacher in Boston. With Sullivan interpreting for him, he talked to Helen Keller about Christ. It wasn't long until a smile lighted up her face. Through her teacher she said, "Mr. Brooks, I have always known about God, but until now I didn't know His name."| page=78| access-date=March 15, 2016| archive-date=May 8, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508160816/https://books.google.com/books?id=PzDfvkvqI0IC&pg=PA78&q=Helen%20Keller%20but%20I%20didn%27t%20know%20His%20name%20Helen%20Keller| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Knowledge of God 3">{{cite book| page=[https://archive.org/details/heavenhomeandha00avargoog/page/n222 216]| year=1901| title=Heaven, Home And Happiness|url=https://archive.org/details/heavenhomeandha00avargoog| first1=Mary Lowe| last1=Dickinson| first2=Myrta Lockett| last2=Avary| quote=Phillips Brooks began to tell her about God, who God was, what he had done, how he loved me, and what he was to us. The child listened very intently. Then she looked up and said, "Mr. Brooks, I knew all that before, but I didn't know His name."| publisher=The Christian Herald| access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref>

Her [[Spirituality|spiritual]] autobiography, ''[[My Religion (Keller book)|My Religion]]'',<ref name=MyReligion>{{cite book| date= 2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7oPaKrr4x4C| title=My Religion| last=Keller| first=Helen| publisher=The Book Tree| isbn=978-1-58509-284-0| pages=177–178| access-date=June 16, 2015| archive-date=December 26, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226191947/https://books.google.com/books?id=x7oPaKrr4x4C| url-status=live}}</ref> was published in 1927 and then in 1994 extensively revised by Ray Silverman,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jolly |first=Margaretta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FVJAgAAQBAJ&dq=Helen+Keller+Ray+Silverman&pg=PT1880 |title=Encyclopedia of Life Writing: Autobiographical and Biographical Forms |date=December 4, 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-78743-0 |language=en |access-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-date=June 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605172325/https://books.google.com/books?id=0FVJAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT1880&dq=Helen+Keller+Ray+Silverman&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> and re-issued under the title ''[[Light in My Darkness]]''. It advocates the teachings of [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], the Christian theologian and mystic who gave a spiritual interpretation of the teachings of the Bible and who claimed that the [[Second Coming]] of [[Jesus Christ]] had already taken place. Keller described the core of her belief in these words:

{{blockquote|But in Swedenborg's teaching it [Divine Providence] is shown to be the government of God's Love and Wisdom and the creation of uses. Since His Life cannot be less in one being than another, or His Love manifested less fully in one thing than another, His Providence must needs be universal&nbsp;... He has provided religion of some kind everywhere, and it does not matter to what race or creed anyone belongs if he is faithful to his ideals of right living.<ref name=MyReligion/>}}
* "[[The Frost King]]" (1891)
* ''[[The Story of My Life (biography)|The Story of My Life]]'' (1903)
* ''Optimism: an essay'' (1903) T. Y. Crowell and company
* ''My Key of Life: Optimism'' (1904), Isbister
* ''The World I Live In'' (1908)
* ''The miracle of life'' (1909) Hodder and Stoughton
* ''The song of the stone wall'' (1910) The Century co.
* ''Out of the Dark'', a series of essays on socialism (1913)
* ''Uncle Sam Is Calling'' (set to music by [[Pauline B. Story]]) (1917)<ref>{{Cite web|title=94 Pauline story Images: PICRYL Public Domain Search|url=https://picryl.com/topics/pauline+story|access-date=November 9, 2021|website=PICRYL|language=en|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109165715/https://picryl.com/topics/pauline+story|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[My Religion (Keller book)|My Religion]]'' (1927; also called ''Light in My Darkness'')
* ''Midstream: my later life'' (1929) Doubleday, Doran & company
* ''We bereaved.''(1929) L. Fulenwider, Inc
* ''Peace at eventide'' (1932) Methuen & co. ltd
* ''Helen Keller in Scotland: a personal record written by herself'' (1933) Methuen, 212pp
* ''Helen Keller's journal'' (1938) M. Joseph, 296pp
* ''Let us have faith'' (1940), Doubleday, & Doran & co., inc.
* ''Teacher: Anne Sullivan Macy: a tribute by the foster-child of her mind.'' (1955), [[Doubleday (publisher)]]
* ''The open door'' (1957), Doubleday, 140pp
* ''The faith of Helen Keller'' (1967)
* ''Helen Keller: her socialist years, writings and speeches'' (1967)

===Archival material===
The Helen Keller Archives in New York are owned by the [[American Foundation for the Blind]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Helen Keller – Our Champion|url=http://www.afb.org/info/about-us/helen-keller/12| publisher=American Foundation for the Blind| access-date=November 7, 2015| date=2015| archive-date=November 8, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108104716/http://www.afb.org/info/about-us/helen-keller/12| url-status=live}}</ref> Archival material of Keller stored in New York was lost when the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] were destroyed in the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Helen Keller Archive Lost in World Trade Center Attack|url=http://www.pw.org/content/helen_keller_archive_lost_world_trade_center_attack| access-date=April 26, 2015| work=[[Poets & Writers]]| date=October 3, 2001| archive-date=August 8, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808232018/http://www.pw.org/content/helen_keller_archive_lost_world_trade_center_attack| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| last1=Urschel| first1=Donna| title=Lives and Treasures Taken| journal=Library of Congress Information Bulletin| date=November 2002| volume=61| issue=11|url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0211/911-treasures.html| publisher=[[Library of Congress]]| access-date=December 29, 2017| archive-date=November 22, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122151414/http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0211/911-treasures.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last1=Bridge| first1=Sarah| last2=Stastna| first2=Kazi| title=9/11 anniversary: What was lost in the damage|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/9-11-anniversary-what-was-lost-in-the-damage-1.1123528| access-date=April 26, 2015| publisher=[[CBC News]]| date=August 21, 2011| archive-date=January 19, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119194246/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/9-11-anniversary-what-was-lost-in-the-damage-1.1123528| url-status=live}}</ref>