Anne sullivan biography timeline project
Anne Sullivan is born on April 14, 1866 in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. Her parents, Thomas and Alice Sullivan, are poor Irish immigrants. Thomas has a very bad temper and often beats Anne. When Anne is 5 years old, her eyes begin to hurt. She has a disease that slowly destroys her vision.
Alice Sullivan dies in 1874 from tuberculosis, leaving Thomas to care for Anne, her little brother Jimmie, and her little sister Mary. Mary goes to live with a relative, while Anne, now ten, and Jimmie are sent to the poorhouse in Tewsbury, Massachusetts. Jimmie dies within 3 months.
Anne lives in the poorhouse for four years. One day, she begs officials to go to school. She is sent to the Perkins Institute for the Blind. With no previous schooling, she is teased by the wealthy kids. But she works hard and becomes valedictorian at graduation. Two eye s