Most mainstream portrayals of Helen Keller focus on her struggles as a deafblind child, resulting in few people knowing that her greatest accomplishment was not learning to speak, but what she did with her voice when she found it. Keller was one of the first activists to highlight the links between disability and capitalism, even as she struggled against the expectations and prejudices of those closest to her. Peeling back the curtain that obscured Keller's political crusades, After the Miracle chronicles the complete legacy of one of the 20th century's most extraordinary figures.