This human-rights advocate brought the first Akita dog from Japan to the United States.
Jonathan Dart
Helen Keller
Albert Schweitzer
Mary McLeod Bethune
Helen Keller, a champion for rights of women and people with disabilities. Traveling in Japan, she heard the legend of an Akita named Hachi-Ko that showed great loyalty to its master. A young Police Department instructor, Ichiro Ogasawara, gave her his own puppy.