Background
Mary Kinskey was born in 1894 in Zanesville, Ohio.
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Education
She then graduated from the Catholic University of America in 1926 and started work as a high school teacher.
Career
As such she became a distinguished role model for women in the 20th centiry. She entered a Franciscan convent in 1911 at the age of 17. She retired to the Manitowoc convent after suffering a stroke in 1977.
There she remained until her death in 1985.
She was referred to as "Spike" and "Flying Nun". The latter moniker caused speculation about her possible influence on the television show The Flying Nun.
Sister Kinskey was photographed during a wartime Puerto Rico campaign illustrating various women"s contribution s to the war effort. These photographs taken by photographer Ann Rosener, archived at the Library of Congress offer some of the most potent records of her life.
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October 20, 1985 (aged 91)