Born into a poor immigrant family, Anne survived her own tragic childhood and near blindness to become the teacher, mentor and companion to Helen Keller. I remember reading this book soon after finishing my first Helen Keller book. It was harder for me to understand, I cried and cried on behalf of Anne and the injustices she suffered as a child.
When her brother died, she was virtually alone in the world, and I don't know what motivated her and drove her to become the person she was. She seemed to possess some inner strength, and belief in herself that we must all have, but need to discover and use. In some ways I believe that she was braver than Helen, for she didn't have the support of a family as Helen did.
This information is again from the American Foundation for the Blind, and Women In History (Living vignettes of notable women in U.S. history). | 
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