New Orleans History -- Lake Pontchartrain
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January 31, 1752 First American Nun

The profession ceremony for Sister St. Martha Turpin was held at Ursuline Convent in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan. 31, 1752. She was the first American-born woman to become a nun in the Catholic Church.