Jeanne Mance | |
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 Statue at the foot of Maisonneuve Monument | |
| Born | November 12, 1606 |
| Died | June 18, 1673 (aged 66) |
| Education | Nursing |
| Occupation | Nurse |
| Employer | Société Notre-Dame de Montréal |
| Known for | Founding of Montreal Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal |
| Parent(s) | Catherine Émonnot Charles Mance |
Jeanne Mance (November 12, 1606 – June 18, 1673) was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hospital, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, in 1645. She returned twice to France to seek financial support for the hospital. After providing most of the care directly for years, in 1657 she recruited three sisters of the Religieuses hospitalières de Saint-Joseph, and continued to direct operations of the hospital. During her era, she was also known as Jehanne Mance contemporarily by the French,[1] and as Joan Mance by the English contemporarily.[2]
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HD-PHDM-1652-1942-p387was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Herbert J. Thurston, S.J. (1938). "Margaret Bourgeoy, Virgin, Foundress of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal". Butler's Lives of the Saints. Burns & Oates.
She housekept for the governor, looked after the few children, helped Joan Mance at the hospital and the wives of the garrison, got the great cross restored on Mount Royal