Fanny Allen
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Frances Margaret "Fanny" Allen, RHSJ was the first New England woman to become a Catholic nun. The daughter of Revolutionary War officer Ethan Allen, she converted to Catholicism and entered the Montr
A sepia print by John Drake of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal in 1826. Allen would make her profession as a nun here on May 18, 1811.
Ethan Allen
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Ethan Allen was an American farmer, writer, military officer, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutiona
Fanny Allen
…Allen, RHSJ (November 13, 1784 – September 10, 1819) was the first New England woman to become a Catholic nun. The daughter of Revolutionary War officer Ethan Allen, she converted to Catholicism and entered the Montreal convent of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph in 1811. Born on November 13, 1784, Frances…
Statue of Ethan Allen National Statuary Hall U.S. Capitol
A postcard depicting Allen's birthplace in Litchfield, Connecticut
New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth
The Catamount Tavern in the 19th century