Mother Teresa

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Standard Name: Teresa, Mother
Birth Name: Agnese Gonxhe Bojaxhiu

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1929: Mother Teresa began her missionary work in...

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1929

Mother Teresa began her missionary work in Calcutta with a group of Loreto Sisters .
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1950: Mother Teresa founded her order, the Missionaries...

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1950

Mother Teresa founded her order, the Missionaries of Charity , in Calcutta, India.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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10 December 1979: Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace...

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10 December 1979

Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for ministering to the poor and homeless of India. Early in the following century the process was set in motion for making her a saint.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation,. Nobel E-Museum.

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