Curious Canadian History

S5E18 Nuns on the Frontier – The Ursulines of Quebec


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The Ursulines are a Catholic female religious order who played an important role in the early years of the French colony of New France. Despite hunger, war, disease and brutal environmental conditions the Ursulines persevered and became fixtures within Quebec society becoming educators and social activists within the growing colonial community.

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