Nickname "Polly".
Mary Agnes ("Polly") Thomson, 75, longtime word-of-finger translator and "sister" to blind, deaf Author-Educator Helen Keller, died after a long illness; in Bridgeport, Conn. Glasgow-born Polly Thomson, who never lost her Scottish burr, came to the U.S. in 1913, was hired by Helen Keller's formidable teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, as secretary, stayed on after "Teacher" died in 1936 asking that Helen and Polly—"my two children"—remain together. Polly's "talking" fingers, working at a rate of 85 words a minute tapping out letters in Helen Keller's palm, became Helen's eyes and ears as the two traveled the world to encourage 'and teach the blind and handicapped
Mary Agnes ("Polly") Thomson, 75, longtime word-of-finger translator and "sister" to blind, deaf Author-Educator Helen Keller, died after a long illness; in Bridgeport, Conn. Glasgow-born Polly Thomson, who never lost her Scottish burr, came to the U.S. in 1913, was hired by Helen Keller's formidable teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, as secretary, stayed on after "Teacher" died in 1936 asking that Helen and Polly—"my two children"—remain together. Polly's "talking" fingers, working at a rate of 85 words a minute tapping out letters in Helen Keller's palm, became Helen's eyes and ears as the two traveled the world to encourage 'and teach the blind and handicapped
Nickname "Polly".
Mary Agnes ("Polly") Thomson, 75, longtime word-of-finger translator and "sister" to blind, deaf Author-Educator Helen Keller, died after a long illness; in Bridgeport, Conn. Glasgow-born Polly Thomson, who never lost her Scottish burr, came to the U.S. in 1913, was hired by Helen Keller's formidable teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, as secretary, stayed on after "Teacher" died in 1936 asking that Helen and Polly—"my two children"—remain together. Polly's "talking" fingers, working at a rate of 85 words a minute tapping out letters in Helen Keller's palm, became Helen's eyes and ears as the two traveled the world to encourage 'and teach the blind and handicapped
Mary Agnes ("Polly") Thomson, 75, longtime word-of-finger translator and "sister" to blind, deaf Author-Educator Helen Keller, died after a long illness; in Bridgeport, Conn. Glasgow-born Polly Thomson, who never lost her Scottish burr, came to the U.S. in 1913, was hired by Helen Keller's formidable teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, as secretary, stayed on after "Teacher" died in 1936 asking that Helen and Polly—"my two children"—remain together. Polly's "talking" fingers, working at a rate of 85 words a minute tapping out letters in Helen Keller's palm, became Helen's eyes and ears as the two traveled the world to encourage 'and teach the blind and handicapped
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