helen keller feels the water and. for the first time we make the connection between the feeling in there and of the liquid and the word water which she pronounces what wall. that scene is kind of frozen and ermines about who she was . it turns out that helen keller was more than just a seven year-old girl who learned how to say water. she was an international figure, and she became a socialist and a pacifist. she campaigned for eugene dagen when he ran for president of the socialist party ticket. she was a militant and an outspoken feminist. she did a lot of research about the causes of blindness. she went to one of the first line -- went to radcliffe college. she connected the causes of blindness to economic and social injustice and became quite a radical and was often on picket lines during strikes. at one point because she was so well-known, a filmmaker made a silent movie about the life of helen keller, a germanic movie. she was invited to come to the opening of the movie, the opening night of the movie in new yor

one of them is helen keller. now, everybody knows who helen keller is, one of the most well-known people in the united states, but what she's well known for is being blind. and which is also well-known for is having been a young girl, kind of a wild child who became blind at an early age, and kind of step for us. our potential kind of lost of what to do and they brought a woman to mentor her, to teach her how to speak and how to sign and how to communicate. and so what we remember, what most americans know about helen keller is that she was standing at a water pump -- this is a great scene in the movie, the america worker, starring patty duke as helen keller. she standing at a water pump and her teacher is pumping the water, and helen keller feels the water on her hand, and for the first time she makes the connection between the feeling in her hand of his liquid and the word water, which she pronounces wa wa. that scene is kind of frozen in our mind as but who helen keller was. it turns out that helen keller was

. >> helen mure rine or helen keller. >> helen keller. >> really though? helen murin was the key. >> but that is a tough one. >> >> as it continues, i think we have proven one thing, we ain't there yet. i am going to go get drunk with some sailors. out. >> nicely done. >> it is hard to believe you don't have a full time job. i don't get it. >> it is by choice, andy. >> sorry. >> the guy decides to leave his ear buts -- ear buds in. was he a plant? he was amazing. >> tom o'conneller and i went to time square and there was no one in time square. that one that wasn't like that. we used everybody we interviewed. what are you trying to say? >> they are not well read on women's history. historic women. they like her hair. >> she cut her hair. >> and they collectively agreed. >> shaw roted, 31 days? >> black history month. that's okay because some of those women are black. we will take shirley chism's day. gee haven't we taken enough from shirley chism. >> how are you celebrating women's history month? >> i got my pared. >> [applause] >> and by the way do this. >