The Resume

(April 14, 1866-October 19, 1936)
Birth name was Joanna Sullivan
Tutor for Helen Keller (March 3, 1887)
Married and became Anne Sullivan Macy (1905)

Why she might be annoying:

To raise money and show off her success with Helen Keller they toured for four years in a vaudeville show.
She separated from husband (1913).
She overexerted herself so much that towards the end of her life she went completely blind.

Why she might not be annoying:

Her mother died when she was nine, her father soon deserted her and her two siblings. None of her family would care for her and she became an orphan.
She was placed in a poor house and the illness she had since she was three progressed and cause total blindness.
She graduated Perkins Institution at the top of her class.
Surgery partially restored her sight.
At twenty, she became a tutor to six year old Helen Keller.
Despite Keller being blind and deaf, she taught her to read and write.
The TV program, movie and Broadway show 'Miracle Worker' is based on them.
She gave hope to many handicapped people who felt isolated.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [R-T]
• I Come from Queens
• I Died in 1936 (Ranked: 70)
• I Know Sign Language
• I Was in an Orphanage
• In Town for The World's Fair at the Columbian Exposition [1893-Chicago]
• National Women's Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2003)
• Nippon TV's Top 100 Historical Persons [Japan - 2006] (Ranked: 91)
• Profiles 4751-5000 (Ranked: 4848)
• Someone Won an Emmy Portraying Me
• Someone Won an Oscar Portraying Me
• Teachers
• The My Hero Project
• Visually Impaired

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 28.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 23 Votes: 13.04% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 59 Votes: 47.46% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 76 Votes: 35.53% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 24.24% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 97 Votes: 45.36% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 172 Votes: 42.44% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 312 Votes: 42.63% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 380 Votes: 43.68% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 783 Votes: 42.91% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1627 Votes: 35.40% Annoying