biography
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Madeleva, Sister Mary
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originally Mary Evaline Wolff
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| female
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| lived:
| (1887–1964)
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| biography:
| Poet and educator, born in Cumberland, Wisconsin, USA. Joining the Sisters of the Holy Cross (1908), she earned a doctorate in English from the University of Southern California at Los Angeles (1925) and was president of St Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN (1934–61). A mediaeval scholar, she won distinction for her literary essays and poetry. |
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