The Child on the Boat: Mary Elizabeth Lange and the School She Carried Across Water

She crossed the Windward Passage in the dark as a small child, fleeing a revolution that consumed everything her family had known. She arrived in Baltimore with nothing but her faith, her education, and the memory of what it felt like to be taught. In 1818, Elizabeth Lange opened a school in her own home for children no one else was coming for. In 1829, she founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence --- the first Black women's religious congregation in American history. This is the story of a refugee who looked at her new city, saw the gap, and built something that has outlasted every institution that doubted her. And it is a story about right now. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/child-boat-mary-elizabeth-lange-and-school-she-carried-across-water Share and read comments: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=the_golden_thread&from_node=381