An optimistic woman of faith, she advised, “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
Helen Keller who was a strong advocate for women’s rights and rights for people with disabilities. Keller is buried in the Washington National Cathedral.
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