Anne Sullivan

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Anne Sullivan in 1887
Anne Sullivan in 1887

Anne Sullivan (April 14, 1866October 20, 1936) was a teacher best known as the tutor of Helen Keller.

[edit] Biography

Anne Sullivan was born in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. Her parents, Thomas Sullivan and Alice Clohessy, were poor Irish farmers who left Ireland in 1847 because of the Irish Potato Famine.