Clarke, Mary Francis (1803–1887)
| Irish-American religious foundress, born in Dublin, who emigrated to the USA in 1833. She overcame financial woes to found a school in Philadelphia. She also formed a teaching community, the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which she relocated to Iowa in 1843. |
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