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

Inscription. 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.

Erected by Loyola University.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Immigration • Religion & Religious Structures • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1818.

Location. 39° 20.844′ N, 76° 37.401′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Loyola University. It 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

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21210, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

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); St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (about 500 feet away); St. Robert Bellarmine (about 700 feet away); St. Theresa of Avila (about 700 feet away); The Mount St. Agnes College Cross (about 800 feet away); St. Ignatius Loyola (approx. 0.2 miles away); Catherine McAuley (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 10, 2022

2. Mary Elizabeth Lange Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 11, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 224 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 11, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.