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A Short Biography of Annie Mansfield Sullivan

Author Name:

Annie Mansfield Sullivan

Born As:

Johanna Mansfield Sullivan

Other Names:

Born:

14 Apr 1866

Died:

20 Oct 1936




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Educator                          
                          
Mother died when Johanna was six years old.
When Johanna was eight years old, her father left.
Husband John Albert Macy                          
Teacher of Helen Keller                           
Known as the instructor and companion of Helen Keller.

Sullivan began by teaching Helen Keller nouns using the sign language alphabet signed into Keller's palm that had been developed by Spanish monks in medieval times. After its adoption by French educators, it was adapted by British and American educators including the founder of the Perkins Institution, Samuel Gridley Howe.

By 1935, Sullivan Macy became completely blind just 1 year before her death.