Anne Sullivan Macy (born as Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936) was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. [1] At the age of five, Sullivan contracted trachoma, an eye disease, which left her partially blind and without reading or writing skills. [2]

2009年11月24日 · Anne Sullivan begins teaching six‑year‑old Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing as a baby. The two women would work together until Sullivan's death in 1936.

2024年11月22日 · Anne Sullivan, American teacher of Helen Keller, widely recognized for her achievement in educating to a high level a person without sight, hearing, or normal speech. The two began working together in 1887, and Sullivan remained with Keller until her …

2014年4月2日 · Anne Sullivan was a gifted teacher best known for her work with Helen Keller, a blind and deaf child she taught to communicate. At only 20 years of age, Sullivan showed great maturity and...

2016年4月14日 · In 1887, Sullivan, at age 20, famously accepted a position to teach 7-year-old Keller, who at 19 months had been struck blind and deaf after contracting an illness (possibly scarlet fever or meningitis).

Helen Keller died on June 1, 1968, at Arcan Ridge, a few weeks short of her 88th birthday. Her ashes were placed next to her companions, Anne Sullivan Macy and Polly Thomson, in St. Joseph's Chapel of Washington Cathedral.

2020年3月2日 · The story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan has a well-known beginning that's been dramatized in the movie and play The Miracle Worker: Due to an illness, Keller lost her sight...

2024年11月20日 · Discover the true story of Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's groundbreaking teacher. Learn how her innovative educational approach inspired 'The Miracle Worker' and transformed the life of a deaf-blind girl.

2024年3月13日 · Helen Keller’s story is often linked with her incredible strength with her blindness and deafness. However, behind her success, there is a crucial figure whose impact often goes unrecognized: Anne Sullivan.

Anne Sullivan became governess to six-year-old Helen Keller in March 1887. In 1888 the two began spending periods at the Perkins Institution, and Sullivan subsequently accompanied Keller to the Wright-Humason School in New York City, the Cambridge School for Young Ladies, and Radcliffe College.