About
Teacher who famously broke through to Helen Keller and taught her how to read and write.
Before Fame
She studied at the Perkins School for the Blind.
Trivia
She lost most of her eyesight at age twenty, which made it easy for her to relate to her famous pupil, Helen Keller.
Family Life
She married Harvard instructor John Albert Macy in May of 1905; the couple separated in 1914.
Associated With
She was played by actress Alison Pill in the 2010 Broadway revival of "The Miracle Worker."
