Mathilda Beasley

Biography

Mathilda Taylor Beasley, OSF (November 14, 1832 – December 20, 1903) was a Black Catholic educator and religious leader who was the first African American nun to serve in the state of Georgia. She founded a group of African-American nuns and one of the first U.S. orphanages for African-American girls. In 2004, she was posthumously named a Georgia Woman of Achievement.

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