She taught Helen how to read, how to write and how to speak.

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She liked to read and to write poems and stories.

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Usha Chaumar was singled out for her amazing accomplishments: She can read and write now and is no longer doing the dirtiest of work.

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The girl locked out of the school house or attacked because she had the audacity to want to learn to read or write, she's counting on you.

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And she learned to read and write and sew, and today Marie is back home, working toward a new future.

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