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From witches to artists to revolutionaries; Phenomná is a feminist history podcast looking at Irish women who have been under represented or written out of mainstream history. It is presented by Maria Butler and Shaunna Lee Lynch who are both very excited to help share the stories of the Irish women who shaped the world we live in today.
Mary Anthony O'Connell the angel of the battlefield
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46 minutes 43 seconds
5 years ago
Mary Anthony O'Connell the angel of the battlefield
We accidentally picked a health themed episode before all of the coronavirus stuff started to really kick off. Prescient? Maybe. This week's episode is about nun and nurse Sister Anthony O'Connell AKA the Florence Nightingale of the Civil War AKA the Angel of the Battlefield. Self isolate with us and learn about this badass woman who embedded with the Union Army during the American Civil War
Notes/ References
Limerick’s Life: WHO WAS MARY O’CONNELL? AN ANGEL OF THE BATTLEFIELD, Sharon Slater.
Angels of the Battlefield, George Barton
Sister Anthony O'Connell: Angel of the Orphan, the Sick, the Wounded, and the Outcast S.C. Judith Metz U.S. Catholic Historian, Volume 35, Number 4, Fall 2017, pp. 53-78 (Article) Published by The Catholic University of America Press
The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio (1852-Present), Michael Barga.
Irish America: The Irish Nightingale of the Civil War, Peter F. Stevens
Irish Dictionary of Biography: O'Connell, Mary, Patrick M. Geoghegan.
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From witches to artists to revolutionaries; Phenomná is a feminist history podcast looking at Irish women who have been under represented or written out of mainstream history. It is presented by Maria Butler and Shaunna Lee Lynch who are both very excited to help share the stories of the Irish women who shaped the world we live in today.
