Chapter 61
-- Compiled by the Cumberland Women's Club
and Published by the Cumberland Advocate
1874-1974
(used by permission of the Cumberland Advocate)
Donated by Linda Mott
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Sister Mary Madeleva C.S.C.
"Sister
Mary Madeleva C.S.C., was born in Cumberland
on May 24, 1887, the daughter of Mr.
and
Mrs. August Wolff. She graduated from Cumberland
High School in 1904, attended the
University
of Wisconsin 1905-06, and then went to St. Mary's College, Notre Dame.
She
graduated
in 1909, and entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross."
She began
her career as an author in 1923 with the publishing of her first book,
"Knight Errant
and
Other Poems". Seventeen other books followed,
including "My First Seventy Years",
where
she reminisced about her early life in the city.
She became
president of St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, in 1934, and held
that post
for
27 years until her retirement in 1961.
Sister
Madeleva was recognized internationally as a poet and scholar of distinction.
She died
in July
of 1964.
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