Jeanne Mance

This article is about the 17th-century historical personnage. For other uses, see Jeanne Mance (disambiguation).
Jeanne Mance
Monument to Jeanne Mance, sculpted by Louis-Philippe Hebert, in front of the Hotel-Dieu de Montreal
Born
Jehanne Mance

(1606-11-12)November 12, 1606
Langres, France
DiedJune 18, 1673(1673-06-18) (aged 66)
Montreal, New France
OccupationNurse
Known forFounder of the Hotel-Dieu de Montreal; cofounder of Montreal
Parent(s)Catherine Emonnot
Charles Mance
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Jeanne Mance (French pronunciation: [ʒan mɑ̃s]; November 12, 1606 – June 18, 1673) was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hospital, the Hotel-Dieu de Montreal, in 1645. She returned twice to France to seek financial support for the hospital. After providing most of the care directly for years, in 1657 she recruited three sisters of the Religieuses hospitalieres de Saint-Joseph and continued to direct operations of the hospital. During her era, she was also known as Jehanne Mance by the French, and as Joan Mance by the English.

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