Anne Sullivan is known as the "miracle worker," mostly because she was one. With her faith in God she allowed blind and deaf Helen Keller to communicate with others and read braille. It seems impossible, right? Johanna Mansfield Sullivan, known as Anne or Annie all her life, was born on April 14, 1866, in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. Annie's “family” lived there until she was ten. His mother and father, Thomas and Alice Sullivan, were Irish immigrants, poor and ill. Annie was also ill. She had trachoma that went untreated and led to blindness when she was seven. Annie's mother had tuberculosis and couldn't move well after falling badly, and she died when she was eight. Leaving Annie to take care of her brother, Jimmie, and their small, dilapidated house. The father who cared for them was very thin as he did not work, unskilled, violent and alcoholic. She left the children two years after their mother's death. Even though Anne was temperamental, she was a good match for Helen Keller. He had a high tolerance for upset about these things throughout his life and was able to manage Helen's outbursts. Annie had gone through many episodes in her life. After her father abandoned them, Anne and her younger brother were sent to a home in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, because Annie was too blind to do much and Jimmie had an injured leg. The house and the city were very poor, dilapidated and overcrowded. But it wasn't actually a home, more of a mental asylum to keep unwanted children. While there, Jimmie died because he was born with a tuberculous hip. He would have 4 more siblings, but 2 died at an early age. Anne spent four years in Tewksbury mourning her brother and the two failed operations that she… middle of the paper… and ends up square, Annie attempted to star in a movie, Deliverance, but it failed at the box office. They continued to tell their story to others. In her late 20s Anne lost much of her sight and suffered from pain in her right eye. It was later removed due to his health. He took trips to Scotland in the summer hoping to restore his health. Annie died at the age of 70, on October 20, 1936, at her home in New York. Annie Sullivan's ashes were placed in the National Cathedral in Washington DC. The ashes of many other important figures also lay there. At her funeral, Bishop John E. Freeman said: “Among the greatest teachers of all time she occupies an important and conspicuous place. . . . The touch of his hand did more than light the path of a clouded mind; he literally emancipated a soul.” Annie did more than teach Helen to read and write. He taught her how to live.