List of former Roman Catholic nuns
This is a list of notable former Roman Catholic nuns and Religious Sisters.
- Gertrude Abbott - Founder of St. Margaret's Hospital[1]
- Karen Armstrong – Wrote Through the Narrow Gate on her experience as a nun
- Monica Baldwin – Wrote I Leap Over The Wall: A Return to the World after twenty-eight Years in a Convent
- Katharina Luther – Left the convent to join with the Reformation and ultimately married Martin Luther
- Marianna O'Gallagher – Former nun and teacher, she became an Irish Canadian activist, historian and public speaker
- Jean O'Leary – Co-founder of National Coming Out Day, she wrote Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence
References
- ↑ Cunneen, Chris. "Abbott, Gertrude (1846–1934)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- Campell, Debra Graceful Exits: Catholic Women and the art of departure. Indiana University Press; ISBN 978-0-253-34316-1
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