Jeanne Mance, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jeanne Mance

settler of New France, co-founder of the city of Montreal, Canada

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1606

Place of Birth: Langres, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1673

Profession: nurse

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jeanne Mance (November 12, 1606 – June 18, 1673) 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 seek financial support for the hospital.
After providing most of the care directly for years, in 1657 she recruited three sisters of the Religieuses hospitalières de Saint-Joseph, and continued to direct operations of the hospital.