Jane Cowley
Irish Sister of Mercy, Boer war nurse, and educator
Irish Sister of Mercy, Boer war nurse, and educator
Irish Sister of Mercy, educator, and Crimean war nurse
Irish-Australian Sister of Mercy, teacher, and nurse
Irish Sister of Charity, foundress, and educator
Irish Sister of Charity, teacher and writer
New Zealand missionary
New Zealand missionary
New Zealand missionary and nurse
New Zealand Salvation Army’s first overseas missionary and as one of its most outstanding officers.
She laid the foundations for educational attainment among blind people in New Zealand, when many assumed that the blind were incapable of leading productive lives.