Jeanne Mance
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Jeanne Mance was born in France in 1606. Having heard that
a colony was planned on the island of Montreal, she told Paul de Chomedey
de Maisonneuve that she wished to go with him and helped with the preparations
for the trip. They arrived in Montréal (Ville-Marie) on May 17,
1642 after spending many months in Québec.
They were accompanied by some forty people, settlers, workers and soldiers. Jeanne Mance was responsible for treating the sick and she founded the Hôtel-Dieu, Montreal's first hospital, in 1643. She died in that city in 1673. |