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  Sister Mary Gonzaga Grace

  Scanned copy of a 1900 book about Sister Mary Gonzaga Grace, Superioress of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. The older Catholic nun was in charge of the sister-nurses who staffed Satterlee Hospital during the Civil War. In the three-quarter length portrait, she is seated with her right arm resting on a book and is wearing a white cornette as part of her religious habit. Two sets of rosary beads and crucifix crosses are visible in the photograph.

  Tags Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Nuns as nurses, Nursing--United States--History, Portrait photographs--1860-1870, United States--History--Civil War, United States. Satterlee General Hospital, War work--Catholic Church, Women--1860-1870
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  Staff and Nurses of Satterlee Hospital - 1865

  Group photograph of the 1865 Satterlee Army Hospital nurses and staff in West Philadelphia, PA. 29 Daughters of Charity in their religious habits pose in front of the hospital alongside 4 Union servicemen in uniform and 3 male staff members. All of the men have mustaches and/or beards. The Catholic nun standing was the Superioress of the religious order, Sister Mary Gonzaga Grace. One of the patients is pictured in the hospital's window. Satterlee Hospital - West Phila. has been written at the bottom of the sepia-toned photograph.

  Tags Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Group portraits--1860-1870, Nuns as nurses, Nursing--United States--History, Philadelphia (Pa.), United States--History--Civil War, United States. Satterlee General Hospital, War work--Catholic Church, Women--1860-1870