Maryland was home to a number of firsts in the history of accomplishments by women. In 1790 the first convent was established by Mother Bernardina Matthews, a Carmelite nun. These cloistered nuns settled near Port Tobacco at the southern end of the Chesapeake and southeast of Washington, DC. Think of the courage it took these praying sisters to come to a very young country, and live a life of prayer in a closed community.
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