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Mother Lange and the Oblate Sisters of Providence

Baltimore Black History

 
 
Mother Lange and the Oblate Sisters of Providence Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, February 12, 2017
1. Mother Lange and the Oblate Sisters of Providence Marker
Inscription. 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.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansCharity & Public WorkEducationWomen. A significant historical year for this entry is 1784.
 
Location. 39° 17.585′ N, 76° 38.943′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Midtown-Edmondson. Marker is on Payson Street. The marker is on a brick post at the entrance to a parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1957 W Mulberry St, Baltimore MD 21223, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Lucille Clifton (a few steps from this marker); Clarence and Parren Mitchell (a few steps from this marker); The Maddox Family and Time Printers (a few steps from this marker); The Arabbers (within shouting distance of this marker); The Royal Theater & Pennsylvania Avenue
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Violet Hill Whyte: Baltimore’s Lady Law (within shouting distance of this marker); The Murphy Family and The Afro-American (within shouting distance of this marker); William “Little Willie” Adams and Victorine Quille Adams (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.
 
Mother Lange and the Oblate Sisters of Providence Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, February 12, 2017
2. Mother Lange and the Oblate Sisters of Providence Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 20, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 20, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 20, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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