 We talked to people who have spent years with Helen Keller's words. Helen Keller was never a hero of mine. Even as a child, it was like, cool story. Good for her. People who swim through her archives. I'm a historian at the University of Toledo. Sue Pickleson, executive director of the Helen Keller Birthplace. People who wander the rooms in Helen Keller's childhood home. Located in Tuscumbia, Alabama. How long have you been working there? 50 years.