Online Museum Introduces the World to Helen Keller's Famous Teacher

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is pleased to announce the

> launch of a new online museum dedicated to Anne Sullivan Macy, Helen
> Keller's teacher and pioneer in the field of education for the blind and
> visually impaired:
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> http://www.afb.org/AnneSullivan
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> Anne is best known as the young woman who taught Helen how to communicate
> with the outside world, and her work became the blueprint for the
> education of children who were blind, deaf-blind, or visually impaired, a
> model that continues today. Anne's achievements were so ahead of their
> time that Samuel L. Clemens, known more popularly as Mark Twain, dubbed
> her a "miracle worker."
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> AFB's multimedia museum presents a marvelous and rich array of information
> about Anne through photographs, letters, speeches, posters, comics,
> newspaper cartoons, vaudeville scripts, and video clips.  The content
> traces Anne's life from her impoverished childhood through her death in
> 1936. During her lifetime, Anne was hesitant to accept honors or accolades
> for her work. However, her remarkable achievements are remembered to this
> day, reflected in events such as her induction into the National Women's
> Hall of Fame.
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> AFB hopes that through this web site, a new generation will know Anne in
> all her complexities. So visit Anne Sullivan Macy: Miracle Worker
> (http://www.afb.org/AnneSullivan) today!
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