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• Memoir of Rev. Mother Mary Teresa Comerford : foundress of the convents of the Presentation Order on the Pacific Coast and the missionary novitiate, Kilcock, Ireland. (P.J. Thomas, 1882), by Josephine Hagerty (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pearl of Troyes, or, Reminiscenses of the early days of Ville-Marie revealed to us in the heroic life of Sister Marguerite Bourgeoys, foundress and first superior of the Congregation of Notre-Dame, established at Ville-Marie in the year 1653. (s.n.], 1878) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois foundress of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, established at Montreal, Canada, 1659 (D. & J. Sadlier, 1886), by Religieuse (page images at HathiTrust)
• A la pieuse mémoire de la Très Révérende mère Marie de la Rédemption, supérieure générale des Franciscaines missionnaires de Marie, 1860-1917 (Impr. franciscaine missionnaire, 1919), by comtesse de Loppinot (page images at HathiTrust)

• Historia monastica, di d. Pietro Calzolai (Appresso Lorenzo Torrentino, 1561), by Pietro Calzolai (page images at HathiTrust)

• Breve ragguaglio di alcune virtù singolari, e doni speciali di Dio conceduti a suor Marianna Piazzini da Firenze capuccina in Città di Castello morta in età d'anni 21. il dì 22. maggio 1742 (Nella Stamperia di Pietro Rosati in Parione, 1742), by Giuseppe Brù, Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library), and Cavagna Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Life and Revelations of Saint Gertude (based on an 1862 edition), by Saint Gertrude the Great (HTML with commentary at homewithgod.com)

• Éloges de plusieurs personnes illustres en pieté de l'Ordre de Saint Benoist décedées en ces derniers siècles (Abbaye Saint-Martin, 1927), by Marie Jacqueline Bouette de Blémur (page images at HathiTrust)
• La dernière abbesse de Montmartre : Marie-Louise de Montmorency-Laval, 1723-1794 (P. Lethiellux, 1921), by Mechtilde Monnier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Compendio della vita, e delle virtu della beata Giovanna Maria Bonomi dell' ordine di S. Benedetto : abbadessa nel monastero di San Girolamo della città di Bassano (Generoso Salomoni, 1783), by Girolamo Lombardi and Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Compendio della vita, e delle virtu della beata Giovanna Maria Bonomi dell' ordine di S. Benedetto : abbadessa nel monastero di San Girolamo della città di Bassano (n.p., 1783), by Girolamo Lombardi and Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana (page images at HathiTrust)

• Vies intéressantes et édifiantes des religieuses de Port-Royal, et des plusieurs personnes qui leur étoient attachées : précédées de plusieurs lettres & petits traités ... . (Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1750), by Pierre Le Clerc, Abbé de La Croix, and Angélique de Saint Jean Arnauld d'Andilly (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memoir of Mother Mary Rose Columba Adams, O.P. : first prioress of St. Dominic's Convent and foundress of the Perpetual Adoration at North Adelaide (Burns & Oates, 1895), by W.-R. Brownlow (page images at HathiTrust)

• Autobiography of the Blessed Mother Anne of Saint Bartholomew, inseparable companion of Saint Teresa, and foundress of the Carmels of Pontoise, Tours and Antwerp: (H. S. Collins printing co., 1917), by Mother Anne of St. Bartholomew, Sister Mary Anna Michael, and Marcel Bouix (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memoirs of Mother Mary Michael Cummings of San Diego, California (s.n., 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chadian Sister Engages Kansas City Youth about Peace and Justice (in English and French; Mankon, Bamenda: Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, c2020), by Nelkem Jeannette Londadjim (HTML and PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

• The Life of Mary Ward (1585-1645) (2 volumes; London: Burns and Oates, 1882-1885), by Mary Catharine Elizabeth Chambers, ed. by Henry James Coleridge
  • volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Memoir of Mother Mary Rose Columba Adams, O.P. : first prioress of St. Dominic's Convent and foundress of the Perpetual Adoration at North Adelaide (Burns & Oates, 1895), by W.-R. Brownlow (page images at HathiTrust)
• The escaped nun (Cassell, 1911), by Margaret Mary Moult (page images at HathiTrust)

• Jacqueline Pascal : premières études sur les femmes illustres et la société du XVIIe siècle (Perrin, 1894), by Victor Cousin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Madame de Beauharnais de Miramion; sa vie et ses oeuvres charitables, 1629-1696. (Poussielgue, 1868), by Alfred Bonneau-Avenant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Angélique Arnauld. (Plon-Nourriet et cie, 1904), by M. Reynès Monlaur (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vie de Marcelline Pauper de la Congrégation des soeurs de la charité de Nevers, écrite par elle-même. (Impr. Fay, 1871), by Marcelline Pauper (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Woman apostle : the venerable Mother Anne-Marie Rivier (Beauchemin, 1913) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reverend Mother Sacred Heart of Jesus (Messenger Press, 1910), by Jean Joseph Rivaux (page images at HathiTrust)
• Madame Molé fondatrice de l'Institut des soeurs de la Charité de St-Louis, (1763-1825) (s.n.], 1920), by soeur Aimée du Sacré Coeur (page images at HathiTrust)

• The nun of Kenmare; an autobiography. (Ticknor and company, 1889), by Mary Francis Cusack (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sta. Rita de Cassia (Na officina de Miguel Manescal da Costa, 1756) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vita della venerabile suor Benedetta Reggio : abbadessa perpetua e fondatrice del monistero dell'Immacolata Concezione della città di Palermo ... (S. Amato, 1742), by D. Michele Scavo and Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana (page images at HathiTrust)

• Vida admirable y ejemplarísimas virtudes de la ínclita sierva de Dios Reverenda Madre Sor Maria de los Dolores y Patrocinio (Sucesor de Antero Concha, 1925), by sor María Isabel de Jesús (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A few lines to tell you : my life in Carmel (St. Joseph's Protectory Print, 1957), by Sister Marie of the Trinity (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catholic memoirs of Vermont and New Hampshire, with sketches of the lives of Rev. Wm. Henry Hoyt, and Fanny Allen. Also with accounts heretofore unpublished of the lives of Rev. Daniel Barber, Rev. Horace Barber, S. J., and Jerusha Barber, named in religion Sister Mary Augustin. Also with many of their letters. ([Press of R. S. Styles], 1886), by L. De Goesbriand (page images at HathiTrust)

• Great American Foundresses (New York: Macmillan, 1929), by Joseph B. Code (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Mother Eva Mary, C.T. : the story of a foundation (Morehouse Pub. Co., 1929), by Harlan Cleveland (page images at HathiTrust)

• Histoire de la Vénérable mère Marie de l'Incarnation première supérieure des Ursulines de la Nouvelle-France (s.n.], 1882), by H. R. Casgrain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire de la mère Marie de l'Incarnation, première supérieure des Ursulines de la Nouvelle-France précédée d'une esquisse sur l'histoire religieuse des premiers temps de cette colonie. (s.n.], 1873), by H. R. Casgrain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire de la mère Marie de l'Incarnation première supérieure des Ursulines de la Nouvelle-France : précédée d'une esquisse sur l'histoire religieuse des premiers temps de cette colonie (G.E. Desbarats, 1861), by H. R. Casgrain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Venerable Mary of the Incarnation, Ursulaie Religious and foundress of the Monastery of Quebec, Canada (C. Paillart, 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Requiescat in pace (s.n., 1893), by soeur Saint-Joseph (page images at HathiTrust)
• Un Lis du parterre de Ste-Ursule, Louise-Marie Couillard, 1892-1912 (Librairie Beauchemin, 1914) (page images at HathiTrust)
• La vie de la mere Marie de l'Incarnation : institutrice & premiere superieure des Ursulines de la Nouvelle France. (A Paris : Chez Ant. Claude Briasson, ruë Saint Jacques, près la Fontaine S. Severin, à la Science, MDCCXXIV [1724], 1724), by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix and Antoine-Claude Briasson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Vida de la venerable M. Mariana de S. Joseph, fundadora de la recolección de las Monjas Augustinas, priora del Real Convento de la Encarnación : hallada en unos papeles escritos de su mano : sus virtudes observadas por sus hijas : dedicadas al Rey nuestro senor (en la Imprenta real, 1646), by Luis Muñoz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vida de la venerable madre sor Gertrudis Maria de la Corona, mercenaria descalza y fundadora de su convento en la Ciudad de Toro (A. Perez de Soto, 1752), by Juan de Santa Barbara (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vida de sor Maria de S. Jose (D. Lopez de Haro, 1725), by Sebastián de Santander y Torres (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vida de la venerable madre sor Beatriz Ana Ruiz, mantelata professa de la orden de N.G.P.S. Augustin : y doctrinas, o mistica simbolico-practica, que le revelò el Señor, como farol preciso en estos tiempos ... (Oficina de P. Garcia, 1744), by Tomás Pérez (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vida de la venerable madre Isabel de Jesús (Viuda de Francisco Nieto, 1675) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reconocimiento y traslación del cuerpo de la sierva de dios la venerable madre Sor María de Jesús de Agreda : verificados el día trece del septiembre del año de mil novecientos nueve (Herederos de Juan Gili, Editores, 1909), by Concepción de Agreda (Convent) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vida y sucessos de la Monja Alférez, per otro nombre Da. Catarina de Arauso, de estado honesto, natural de San Sebastian, Provincia de Guipuzcoa (in the 18th century), by Catalina de Erauso (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historie, life, and miracle, extasies and revelations of the blessed virgin, sister Joane, of the crosse, of the third order of our holy Father S. Francis. (At S. Omers : [By C. Boscard] for Iohn Heigham, with approbation, Anno 1625), by Antonio Daza and James Bell (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• My Beloved: The Story of a Carmelite Nun (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill, c1955), by Catherine Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mother Eva Mary, C.T. : the story of a foundation (Morehouse Pub. Co., 1929), by Harlan Cleveland (page images at HathiTrust)

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