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Not A Proper Exploitation

Creator: n/a
Date: March 6, 1913
Publication: Life
Source: Available at selected libraries


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It was in the paper that Helen Keller was to walk in the suffrage parade in Washington on March 3.

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Helen Keller is too much exploited in politics. She has been taught to be a Socialist, and has been used by Socialists, as now by suffragists, as a political advertisement.

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Perhaps it keeps her interested in life, and is excusable on that ground, but it is not suitable. In spite of all the wonderful things that have been done for her, her knowledge and experience of life are necessarily limited, and her political opinions can hardly be valuable. It is a sort of profanation to put her up to speak Socialist pieces and walk in suffrage parades.

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