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Mother Marie Joseph Butler, a Roman Catholic nun, founded the Marymount schools in Europe and the United States. She established her first U.S. school, Marymount School in Tarrytown, New York, in 1907, which later developed into a college.1

Additional Marymount schools and colleges were founded in the U.S. and internationally, including in Los Angeles, Paris, and Rome. Butler emphasized social, physical, religious, and intellectual training, incorporating courses in political science and law to foster active citizenship. She was responsible for opening 14 schools and 3 colleges in the United States, and 23 institutions abroad. The Society of the Sacred Heart, founded by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, also focuses on the education of girls and has a presence in over 40 countries.12

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