Daughter of Emily Keeler and Halcyon G. Bailey. Prominent doctor in Danbury, CT. Her birth name was Annie Keeler Bailey. She changed her name in 1907, following the deaths of both her parents. In later life, she was described as having "a mannish stride and a masculine tinge to her garments". It was also noted that "Dr. Bailey wears her hair short." She had a relationship of unknown nature with Miss Ella J. Gibbs; Dr. Keeler's gravestone is also a cenotaph [memorial marker for someone who is not buried there] to Miss Gibbs.

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• keelerColumbusSonJew1911 Dr. Annie Keeler. “Columbus the Son of a Jew and Jewess.” In: The Our Race Quarterly 2.3 (June 1911), pp. 77–80. url: https://books.google.com/books?id=AQk4AQAAMAAJ.
• keelerFactsEveryPhysician1905 Annie Keeler. “Facts Every Physician Should Know.” In: The Medical Era: A Practical Medical Magazine (1905), pp. 147–150. url: https : / / www . google . com / books / edition / The _ Medical _ Era /
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• Newtown Bee (June 7, 1900).
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• Bailey Prophesies the End of the World.” In: Morning Journal and Courier
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• keeler_manual_1903 Dr. Annie Keeler. Manual of parliamentary law: arranged for deliberative assemblies of women. Danbury, CT, 1903.
• keelerGodPlanSalvation1908 Dr. Annie Keeler. God’s Plan of Salvation. 1908. 23 pp. url: https://books.google.com/books?id=vNmmGwAACAAJ.
• keelerPropheciesCourseFulfillment1896 Dr. Annie Keeler. Prophecies in Course of Fulfillment: Address. Danbury Medical Printing Company, 1896. 66 pp.
• keelerPropheciesFulfilledHistory1895 Dr. Annie Keeler. Prophecies Fulfilled in History: Address. Danbury Medical Printing Company, 1895. 46 pp. url: https://books.google.com/books?id=f7vtmLYnZhkC.
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