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The Two Worlds of Ann Gertrude Wightt

Name: The Two Worlds of Ann Gertrude Wightt
ISBN: 9781647126230

How a Runaway Nun Became a Grand Lady of Washington, DC, Society

Joseph Mannard,

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The Two Worlds of Ann Gertrude Wightt

How a Runaway Nun Became a Grand Lady of Washington, DC, Society

Joseph Mannard,

About this book

The first biography of the remarkable historical figure who challenged perceptions of women's experiences in the early American Republic

In 1831 Sister Gertrude Wightt, the directress of Georgetown Academy (now Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School), donned the hat and cape of one of her students and abruptly left the academy and life as a nun. She soon became a fixture on the Washington social scene and an intimate of Dolley Madison.

The Two Worlds of Ann Gertrude Wightt is the first comprehensive biography of the enigmatic Wightt. Drawing from a rich cache of previously overlooked primary sources, the book meticulously explores Wightt's transformation from respected academy directress to celebrated "parlor politician" in the nation's capital. It delves deeply into her innovations in female education, her unprecedented departure from convent life, and her remarkable social reinvention. The author reveals a complex narrative of the opportunities and limitations that Catholic religious life posed for this gifted, ambitious, and socially prominent young woman.

Scholars of American women's history and Catholicism, as well as general readers, will find an illuminating exploration of how one woman navigated and transcended the rigid boundaries of her time. This book also offers a profound window into the intersections of gender, class, and institutional power in nineteenth-century America, resurrecting this forgotten historical figure who challenges our understanding of women's experiences in the early American Republic.

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