12 September 2019, The Tablet

Crossing borders, changing lives: the lasting legacy of educators from Ireland's religious orders


Crossing borders, changing lives: the lasting legacy of educators from Ireland's religious orders

Dr Kathleen Monaghan, who became Sr Mary Aquinas after taking vows, qualified as a physician in Ireland and helped to combat tuberculosis in Hong Kong

 

From the nineteenth century, Irish women were at the forefront of educational provision around the world through all-female religious networks of schools.

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