Annie Sullivan was born in 1866 and taught Helen Keller, who was blind and deaf, to communicate through finger spelling. Sullivan helped Keller attend Perkins Institution for the Blind and later Radcliffe College with her help. Throughout their lives together, Sullivan and Keller advocated for the blind and published Keller's autobiography. Sullivan married John Macy in 1905 and she and Keller continued their advocacy work until Sullivan's death in 1936.

1. Annie Sullivan Leticia Casas

2. Who was Annie Sullivan? Born in 1866 on April 14.

3. She taught Helen Keller how to communicate by finger spelling into her hand.

4. She and Helen became famous for their many accomplishments.

5. Annie as a child She was very unhappy as a child.

6. Her mother died when Annie was 8 years old.

7. Annie had trachoma. She got the eye disease from her younger sister who died from a terrible fever.

8. Annie was sent to the Tewksbery Almshouse with her brother Jimmie.

9. Her brother died of tuberculosis as their mother had.