St Francis Leprosy Guild

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Cultural formation Kate Marsden
During this period KM converted officially to Roman Catholicism . In 1895 she founded the St Francis Leper Guild (which is still active today as the St Francis Leprosy Guild ).
Occupation Kate Marsden
Appointed Lecturer and of the Guild , she left England for several years in the wake of the scandals about her integrity and sexual identity.
Baigent, Elizabeth. “Travelling bodies, texts and reputations: the gendered life and afterlife of Kate Marsden and her mission to Siberian lepers in the 1890s”. Studies in Travel Writing, Vol.
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Travel Kate Marsden
She was then known as the Guild 's representative abroad. She travelled to Paris, then Hawai'i to learn about its conditions for people with leprosy. KM lived for some time in Philadelphia (1897-8) and...

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