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(Blind youth play stringed instruments, Australia, American Foundation Blind, 1949)
Education Programs

(US Census 1870: Chart shows aggregate number of insane population. Statistical Atlas, 1874)
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Exhibits
Pluck, Luck and Sorrow:
Anne Sullivan's Massachusetts,
1870-1918

Immigrant, impoverished and impaired. "Unsettled" in her day, Anne Sullivan's parents would be called "undocumented" in ours. Follow the parallels and differences, then and now, as her family navigates the 19th century safety net. Then see how Anne and others seek independence as adults. In an age of inequality, Sullivan and her fellows blaze a path toward our present. Exhibit In Development.
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