Mother Lange and the Oblate Sisters of Providence-Baltimore, MD
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Mother Lange and the Oblate Sisters of Providence (Baltimore Black History)-In 1829, she formed the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the nation’s first black Catholic order, and guided it through the challenges of discrimination, poverty, and anti-Catholic violence.
Waymark Code: WM11KY4
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2019
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Mother Lange and the Oblate Sisters of Providence (Baltimore Black History)-Born in Haiti in 1784, Elizabeth Clovis Lange immigrated to Baltimore where she taught children of French-speaking black immigrants. In 1829, she formed the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the nation’s first black Catholic order, and guided it through the challenges of discrimination, poverty, and anti-Catholic violence. Before her death in 1882, Mother Lange helped the Oblate Sisters open schools around the nation. The school she founded in West Baltimore still operates as Saint Frances Academy on Chase Street.
The marker is on a brick post at the entrance to a parking lot on Payson Street.
Group that erected the marker: Baltimore Heritage Organization
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
500 N Payson Street
BALTIMORE, MD USA
21223
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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