A woman capable of making a nation: The Irish nun who left a legacy of social provision in 19th Century Chicago

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This Irish Times article focuses on Mother Agatha O'Brien, a young woman who left her home in Ireland to establish the first congregation of nuns in Chicago in 1847. Agatha O'Brien, and women like her, pushed the boundaries of their upbringings and their gender to establish missions and social services in the settler communities of the so-called 'New World'.

Period18 Jan 2022

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Keywords

  • Religious History
  • women
  • migration