Jeanne Mance- Canadienne hero

Jeanne Mance. Baptised Langres, France November 12, 1606 Died June 18, 1673. As a young reader she had enjoyed reading the Jesuit Relations, published reports of priests in the new world and thus she became interested in foreign missions, Jeanne joined the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal. She sailed as the first lay nurse for New France May 9, 1641 and founded first hospital in New France in 1642. The, Hotel-Dieu Hospital of Montreal was completed by 1645. She would return to France twice, in 1645 and 1657 to attain additional financial support for her work in Montreal. Canada Post issued a commemorative stamp in her honour in 1973. She has been declared a National Historic Person of Canada by Canada’s Historic Sites and Monument Board.