Surprisingly to Condie, I would have little problem with Helen Keller being on the ten dollar bill -- especially, as compared with most of the other women recommended.
Ms. Keller, deaf and blind, was dependent upon those around her for almost everything she knew and learned. Unfortunately, many around her used her to further their left wing and, sometimes just weird beliefs.
As to the ACLU, it was founded by communists as a red front organization to further the party's ends. That is well known, but usually hidden from the public. Even now, new evidence has come to light. The old communist archives are yielding new evidence of the treachery of those amongst us.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/01...-stalinist-heritage/
No, the ACLU is no longer a red front, just another left wing group.
Ms. Keller was also influenced by the Theosophists lead by Madame Blavatsky, sometimes called "The Devil's Handmaiden."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky
Theosophy included spiritualism and claimed mental contact with aliens. I've read that Ms. Keller was in contact with a higher being on Jupiter, or Saturn, I forget.
Theosophy influenced both the founders of the NSDAP and Soviet communists.
Again, I hold Ms. Keller as mostly blameless. She overcame much to even communicate with the world outside her mind. That evil and unscrupulous persons used her fame and accomplishments to further their terrible aims is not her fault, but the fault of those who used her. Unfortunately, useful idiots still exist, long after the death of Lenin. No, Lenin was a Marxist, not a misspelling of a tablecloth fabric.
FYI, as a child I heard her speak in Tuscumbia and still treasure the moment.