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She was born in Feeding Hills, MA
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She contracted an eye disease called trachoma which severely damaged her sight.
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Her mother died which left her and her siblings with an abusive father. Their father later abandoned them.
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Anne left Turksburg to attend the Perkins School for the Blind and received surgery to help her visions slightly.
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She was selected to be the valedictorian for her class.
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Anne moves to Tuscombia, AL to begin working with Helen Keller who was deaf and blind.
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Anne teaches Helen Keller 600 words, most of her multiplication tables, and how to read braille within six months.
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With the help of Anne, Helen attends Radcliffe and becomes the first deaf/bind to ever graduate college.
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Anne marries John A. Macy.
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Anne and John split but do not divorce.
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Anne died in Forest Hills, NY. Her ashes are in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
