Helen Keller was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. The passage also discusses the myth of Prometheus from Greek mythology, the Battle of Kurukshetra from the Hindu epic Mahabharata, and how most primary and secondary schools have libraries to support their curriculum. It then covers key points from Marx's Communist Manifesto and the formation of Trotsky's Left Opposition movement.