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Tyta, Sister Maria
Teacher. Sister of the Notre Dame Order. Born in 1850 in Opole, Silesia, Poland; came to U.S. in 1855 and educated at Notre Dame, St. Louis, Mo.; entered Notre Dame Order in Milwaukee, Wis.; was the first Polish Sister to be educated in the United States. Died about 1920 in Milwaukee, Wis.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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