SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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She helped find Montreal.
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She dedicated her life to helping sick people
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She never got married
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She was a nun
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Detailed explanation-1: -Born Jeanne Mance in late 1606 (she was baptized on November 12, 1606) in the town of Langres, France; died in Montreal, Canada on June 18, 1673; daughter of Charles Mance (a lawyer) and Catherine Émonnot Mance; never married; no children.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jeanne Mance, co-founder of Montreal, founder and director of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (baptized 12 November 1606 in Langres, France; died 18 June 1673 in Montreal, New France). Mance was the business head behind a missionary settlement on Montreal Island in 1642.
Detailed explanation-3: -1657, as she was returning from mass, Jeanne Mance fell on the ice, fractured her right arm, and dislocated her wrist. This fall had serious consequences. The doctors managed to set the fracture, but they failed to notice the condition of the wrist; although cured, Jeanne was unable to use her arm.