Mary Agnes O’Connor
1800s Irish Sister of Mercy, foundress, and social worker in the United States
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Sarah Jane Frances Johnston
American artist noted for her charcoal portraits. She designed a stained-glass window called “Recording Angel” for the Barnard Memorial Chapel, a free church for children, which was located on Warrenton Street in Boston but is no longer standing.
Mary Morosini-Whelan
Irish dancing teacher
Mary Anne Sadlier
1800s Irish novelist
Genevieve O’Farrell
1900s Irish headmistress
Mary Ann Byrne
Irish nationalist who, when seven months pregnant, delivered the surgical knives used in the assassination of Cavendish and Burke to the Invincibles in Dublin in February 1882 by concealing them under her skirts. On another occasion she brought them a rifle, two revolvers, and a large quantity of ammunition.
Charlotte C Johnston
Boston artist and pianist
Barbara Verschoyle
1700s and 1800s Irish land agent and philanthropist
Rosie Johnson
1900s Irish street trader
Ellen McKenna
Irish Sister of Mercy, American civil war nurse and teacher