1818-1876+Elisabeth+Bruyere

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__Background__ - her certificate (after baptized) has last name as Bruguier - founder of the Sisters of Charity of Bytown (present day Ottawa) (also known as the Grey Nuns) - 1834, was teaching at a small school - March, 1845, established a "bilingual" school in Upper Canada - 1847-1848 was a typhus epidemic - helped save people's lives during this time - was a community leader until her death in 1876

__Pictures__ portrait of Elisabeth Bruyere monument of Elisabeth Bruyere and Madame D'Youville

__WHAT?__ - has helped many people - helped out in the typhus epidemic (could have been disastrous.)

__WHERE?__ - lived majority of life in Bytown (Ottawa)

__WHY?__ - major benefactor in supporting health care in Ottawa then - also educated many other people as well