Lange, Mary, approximately 1794-1882

LC control no.	no2014105619
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Lange, Mary, approximately 1794-1882 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Lange, Elizabeth approximately 1794-1882 Lange, Mary, Mother, approximately 1794-1882
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Cuba
Birth date	1794~
Death date	18820203 1883
Place of birth	Haiti
Place of death	Baltimore (Md.)
Affiliation	Oblate Sisters of Providence Catholic School for African Americans Nuns St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
Profession or occupation	Educators Nuns
Found in	Winters, Cary. Mother Mary Lange coloring book, 1997: cover (Mother Mary Lange) page 1 (Elizabeth Lange; born in the West Indies; the Oblate Sisters of Providence was the first religious order for women of African American heritage) Oblate Sisters of Providence web site, May 26, 2014: (Mother Mary Lange; born around 1794 in Santiago de Cuba; died February 3, 1882 in Baltimore, Maryland; took the religious name of Mary) New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2003 : page 159 (Elizabeth Lange (d.1882) founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore in 1829) African American National Biography, accessed February 20, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lange, Mary Elizabeth; Elizabeth Lange; Soeur Marie (Sister Mary), Mother Mary Lange; educator, institutional founder / benefactor, Roman Catholic clergy, nun, charity worker, educational institution official; born possibly in St. Dominigue (now Haiti) a free mulatto and Catholic; moved to the United States and established a school for children of color, St. Frances Academy, Baltimore (1828); founded the Catholic school for African Americans nuns, Oblate Sisters of Providence, United States; helped in opening several schools in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orlean, Kansas, St. Louis, Washington, and a mission in Cuba; died 1883 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States)
Not found in	OCLC database, May 16, 2014.
Associated language	eng