Religion Archives - Infinite Women

1800s Irish Sister of Mercy, foundress, Crimean war nurse, and teacher

1800s Irish nun and author

Irish educator, writer, and political activist in India

Canadian teacher, social activist, and author

The first woman to be ordained as a priest in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, in 1992.

Irish-Australian Catholic activist

1800s Irish philanthropist and author

6th century Irish anchoress, abbess of Ros Airthir (Rossory, Co. Fermanagh), and saint in the Irish tradition

1800s American dedicated to teaching, missionary work, and temperance reform

Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis was an Episcopal lay leader whose efforts helped to revive Virginia’s Episcopal church early in the nineteenth century.