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Birth
She was born on April 14, 1886 in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. -
Brother
Her brother died. -
Trachoma
Anne had trachoma and she became blind. -
Parents
She lost her mother at the age of 8 and her father became alcoholic. -
Almshouse
1876 her family sent Anne and her brother to Tewksbury, an Almshouse -
illiterate
At the age of 14, Anne was humiliated because she had never been taught to read or write. -
Perkins School for the Blind
She was sent to the Perkins School for the Blind, and there she received special treatment that restore her sight. -
Laura Bridgman
In the school she met her friend Laura Bridgman, who was deaf blind and have not sensed of taste or smell, She learned the sign language to communicate with her. -
Helen Keller
She moved to Tuscumbia, Alabama. There she met her student Helen Keller, a girl who had become deaf and blind due to illness. -
Husband
She got married to John Albert Macy -
Honorary degree
In 1931 Temple University gave Anne Sullivan an honorary degree. -
Death
at the age of seventy, Anne Sullivan died in Forest Hills, New York, with Helen at her side. -
The Sullivan Miracle
the film The Sullivan Miracle was released, which narrated Helen’s beginnings and was very successful. -
Biography Anne Sullivan
A writer named Nella Brandy published a biography called Anne Sullivan Macy: The story behind Helen Keller