Where was Annie before coming to the Kellers in Alabama?

Before Annie Sullivan moved to Alabama to help Helen Keller, she lived in Massachusetts.  As a child, Annie lived in an almshouse (a charitable institution for the poor) in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.  She lived there with her brother, Jimmie, who died soon after their arrival.  Annie and Jimmie had been sent to live in the almshouse because their mother had died and their father abandoned them.  Following the death of her brother, Annie became determined to go to school.  Annie was almost completely blind.  She found out that there were special schools that blind students could attend.  Annie was able to leave the almshouse in order to study at the Perkins School for the Blind.  The school was located outside of Boston, Massachusetts.  Annie stayed at Perkins until she moved to Alabama.