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Teresa Ball: Educating the Daughters of Empire

Teresa Ball: Educating the Daughters of Empire

Update: 2025-08-29
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Kate O’Malley and Abie Philbin Bowman learn about an incredible Irish woman, who helped educate girls from Canada to India. Teresa Ball, founder of the Loreto order, used her dowry to develop her first school, pioneering a business model that offered young women opportunities for education, travel and greater independence.

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Teresa Ball: Educating the Daughters of Empire

Teresa Ball: Educating the Daughters of Empire

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