Marie Pauline Brenner

Marie Pauline Brenner
Brenner in 1926
Personal
Born1906 (1906)
Died1978 (aged 71–72)
Resting placeMount Olivet Cemetery
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
ReligionCatholicism
Known forCatholic social studies pioneer
Monastic nameSister M. Rebecca
Organization
OrderSchool Sisters of St. Francis
Sister Rebecca with family in 1931
Sister Wilhelmina Brenner (her sister) and Sister Rebecca Brenner

M. Rebecca Brenner, OSF (born Marie Pauline Brenner; 15 December 1906 – 6 August 1978),[1] was an American religious educator who helped establish sociology as a discipline in Catholic secondary education. Based in Chicago, she was a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis.

  1. ^ Michaelsen, Terry J. (2001). "Sister Rebecca Brenner". In Schultz, Rima L. (ed.). Women Building Chicago. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 116–118. ISBN 9780253338525.