On July 1, President Joe Biden announced the 17 recipients of the 2022 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and on July 7, Biden — an honoree himself, named by President Barack Obama — presented ...

Helen Keller, the deaf blind social activist, ... In the 1960s President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded her the Presidential Medal of ... who was resting at Keller's feet in the photo that I was sent.

Helen Keller was a deafblind author and activist best known for her 1902 autobiography, The Story of My Life.She was involved with the suffrage and labor-rights movements and an advocate for ...

After Kennedy’s assassination, President Lyndon Johnson presented the Medal to Miss Keller. In 2007, President George W. Bush awarded Miss Lee the Presidential Medal of Freedom.