Anne Sullivan | |
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![]() Sullivan in 1887 | |
Born | Johanna Mansfield Sullivan April 14, 1866 |
Died | October 20, 1936 New York City, U.S. | (aged 70)
Resting place | Washington National Cathedral |
Spouse |
John Albert Macy
(m. 1905; died 1932) |
Anne Sullivan Macy (born as Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936) was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller.[1]
At the age of five, Sullivan contracted trachoma, an eye disease, which left her partially blind and without reading or writing skills.[2] She received her education as a student of the Perkins School for the Blind. Soon after graduation at age 20, she became a teacher to Keller.[2]