Annie Sullivan

Annie Sullivan was born April fourteenth, 1866, to Irish parents. When she was nine years old, Annie went to a town called Tewksbury because her mother had died and the rest of her family did not want to care for her. Annie sometimes threw temper tantrums. She had to live in the poorhouse. While she was there, the illness that had been in her eyes since she was three caused her to become blind.

On the third of October, 1880, Annie moved to the Perkins Institution for the Blind, she was fourteen years old. Six years later, in 1886, Annie graduated from college. She made a speech and even got new shoes and a new dress to wear on this occasion.

On March third, 1887, Annie Sullivan met Helen Keller for the first time, she was to be her governess. Helen Keller had also become blind, but she was also deaf and mute. Annie helped Helen talk, read, write and feel things. Annie made Helen happy and helped her to have a good life.

In 1900, Annie helped Helen get into college and Helen graduated in 1904.

On October nineteenth, 1936, Annie Sullivan passed away, leaving Helen Keller by herself.

Annie Sullivan is remembered for the good things she did for Helen Keller and her family.

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