Anne Sullivan was born in April of 1866 in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. She had a very rough childhood. When she was five, Sullivan got a disease called trachoma, which left her with severe loss of vision. When she was eight, her mom died, and was shortly after abandoned by her father. She was sent to the Tewksbury Almshouse, and after that to Perkins School for the Blind. Her first years at the school were tough, but eventually became the Valedictorian. In the Summer of 1886, Helen Keller’s dad asked Perkins to send a teacher for his daughter. The director chose Sullivan. It was tough teaching her, but eventually Anne found a method that worked. Because of her dealings with Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan is very well respected at Perkins and
