Anne Sullivan Macy

Title	Anne Sullivan Macy
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Anne Sullivan Macy

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Anne Sullivan Macy
By: Helen Keller
Year of Publication: 1955

Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy was born on April 4, 1866 in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts.  Her parents were poor Irish immigrants.  Anne had trouble with her eyes her whole life.  When Anne was eight years old her mother died and two years later her father left.  Anne’s younger sister went to live with relatives and Anne and her younger brother Jimmie were sent to the State Infirmary, the almshouse at Tewksbury.  They were sent there because Anne was too blind to be useful and Jimmie was lame with a tubercular hip.  Jimmie died a few months later and Anne stayed there for four years.
In October of 1880, when Anne was 14, she went to Perkins Institution and learned to read Braille.  While she was there she had an operation on her eyes which allowed her to read normally for a limited amount of time.  She stayed at Perkins for six years and graduated valedictorian of her class.
Anne Sullivan Macy arrived in Tuscumbia, Alabama to be Helen Keller’s teacher on March 3, 1887.  She began spelling into Helen’s hand and after about a month Helen “made contact with reality”.  When Helen was older she went to Radcliffe College.  Anne “read” her all the texts that were not available in Braille.  This eventually caused Anne to completely lose her sight.  A year after Helen graduated from Radcliffe, Anne married John Macy, but their marriage soon broke up because Anne was too dedicated to Helen.
Anne’s vision began to deteriorate to the point that she could no longer be sure where she was going in unfamiliar places.  She wasn’t well and they didn’t have a lot of money.  In early 1913 they went on the lecture circuit.  It didn’t take very long before Anne became very sick and they realized that they couldn’t do it alone.  Helen decided to accept a pension that she had previously declined from Andrew Carnegie.  When Anne was well they went on the road again, but this time Helen’s mother was with them.  After this tour they met Miss Polly Thomson who became their secretary.  Th...

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