Fanny Allen

For the American photographer Frances Stebbins "Fanny" Allen (1854–1941), see Frances Stebbins Allen.
Frances Margaret "Fanny" Allen
RHSJ
Personal
Born(1784-11-13)November 13, 1784
Sunderland, Vermont Republic
DiedSeptember 10, 1819(1819-09-10) (aged 34)
Montreal, Lower Canada
ReligionCatholic
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMay 18, 1811
Organization
OrderReligious Hospitallers of St. Joseph
Senior posting
ProfessionMay 18, 1811

Frances Margaret "Fanny" Allen, RHSJ (November 13, 1784 – September 10, 1819) was the first New England woman to become a Catholic nun.[1][2] The daughter of Revolutionary War officer Ethan Allen, she converted to Catholicism and entered the Montreal convent of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph in 1811.

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