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17th-century French nurse and settler in Quebec, New France

This article is about the 17th-century historical personnage. For other uses, see Jeanne Mance (disambiguation).

Jeanne Mance (French pronunciation:[ʒanmɑ̃s]; 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.

Jeanne mance cormier biography of mahatma

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]

Early Years

Jeanne Mance was born (as Jehanne Mance