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Anne Sullivan Macy born as Johanna Mansfield Sullivan ; April 14, — October 20, was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. Soon after graduation at age 20, she became a teacher to Keller. The name on her baptismal certificate was Johanna Mansfield Sullivan but she was called "Anne" or "Annie" from birth.

When she was five years old, Sullivan contracted the bacterial eye disease trachoma , which caused many painful infections and over time made her nearly blind. Jimmie had a weak hip condition and then died from tuberculosis four months into their stay. Anne remained at Tewksbury after his death and endured two unsuccessful eye operations.

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In , as a result of reports of cruelty to inmates at Tewksbury, including sexually perverted practices and cannibalism, the Massachusetts Board of State Charities launched an investigation into the institution. While there, she helped the nuns in the wards and went on errands in the community until July of that year, when she was sent to the city infirmary, where she had one more unsuccessful operation.

She was then transferred back to Tewksbury under duress. In , during a subsequent inspection of Tewksbury by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn , now State Inspector of Charities, Sullivan implored of him to allow her to be admitted to the Perkins School for the Blind , in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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Within a matter of months, her plea was granted. On October 7, , Sullivan began her studies at the Perkins School. While at Perkins, Sullivan befriended Laura Bridgman , a graduate of Perkins and the first blind and deaf person to have been educated there; Sullivan learned the manual alphabet from Laura. During her time there, she had a series of eye operations that significantly improved her vision.

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