Aunt Kitty: Mother of the Postulants

Anne Des Rosier Grant—Elouise Cobell Fellow for the College of Humanities and Sciences at the University of Montana—details the contributions of Catherine Mary Olive Mead, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, who, between 1907 and 1913, opened nine elementary schools, six high schools, and one hospital, including St. Ann’s, in East Helena, and Holy Savior and Central High in Butte.