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Biography: Anne Sullivan (1866-1936) Early Life Anne Mansfield Sullivan's background was one of extreme poverty and misery. When she was five years old she lost her sight, and was put into a poorhouse when her family broke up. Eventually she attended the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. She was nicknamed "Spitfire" because she behaved ...

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... in trying to reach the deaf-blind child was rewarded in the now famous incident at the backyard pump. That breakthrough was immortalized in Gibson's play, books, on television and in film. Miss Sullivan transcribed many books into Braille for Helen Keller. She attended school and college with her pupil, and accompanied her everywhere for almost 50 years. Throughout her life Helen called Miss Sullivan "Teacher." In 1905, Miss Sullivan married John Macy. Helen lived with the couple, who both ...