Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Mary Elizabeth Lange
1784 - 1882
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 10, 2022
1. Mary Elizabeth Lange Marker
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Mary Elizabeth Lange. Born into an affluent family in Haiti, Mary Elizabeth Lange fled to escape a revolution. She settled in Baltimore, where by 1818 she was educating black children in her own home. In 1828, Mary Elizabeth helped start the first black Catholic school in America. A year later, she and three other black women of Baltimore founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence, a new religious order for women of African descent. Mary Elizabeth became the first Mother Superior of the order and fought discouragement, racism and financial hardship to meet the needs of the black Catholic community.
Born into an affluent family in Haiti, Mary Elizabeth Lange fled to escape a revolution. She settled in Baltimore, where by 1818 she was educating black children in her own home. In 1828, Mary Elizabeth helped start the first black Catholic school in America. A year later, she and three other black women of Baltimore founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence, a new religious order for women of African descent. Mary Elizabeth became the first Mother Superior of the order and fought discouragement, racism and financial hardship to meet the needs of the black Catholic community.
Location. 39° 20.844′ N, 76° 37.401′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Loyola University. Marker can be reached from West Cold Spring Lane west of North Charles Street (Maryland Route 139), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baltimore MD 21210, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. St. Robert Southwell (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dorothy Day (about 400 feet away);
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 10, 2022
2. Mary Elizabeth Lange Marker
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