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Sarah Peter

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Philanthropist; born Chillicothe, Ohio, 1800; died Cincinnati, Ohio, 1877. A Catholic convert in Rome (1855) and founder of the School of Design for Women in Philadelphia. She was a patron of art, and active in charitable and philanthropic works in Cincinnati. In 1862 she volunteered as a nurse in the Civil War.

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Sarah Peter'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​s/sarah-peter.html. 1910.