What was Anne Sullivan originally born as?
Anne Mansfield Sullivan
Johanna Mansfield Sullivan
Elizabeth Mansfield Sullivan
Margaret Mansfield Sullivan
Answer
Anne Sullivan was born Johanna Mansfield Sullivan in Ireland in 1866. She lost her sight at the age of five and was orphaned at the age of nine. She was educated at the Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts, where she learned how to teach blind children. In 1887, she was hired by Helen Keller's parents to teach Helen, who was deaf and blind.
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