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Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (died 1673)

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Jeanne Mance

17th-century French nurse and settler in Quebec, New France

Jeanne Mance was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hospital, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, in 1645. She returned twice to France to…
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Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal

Hospital in Montreal, Quebec

The Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal was the first hospital established in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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