SND handout

-Francoise the first sister mentioned in the handout, came from a rich wealthy family. 
-she grew up where he families peasants lived which helped her see the difference between elite and lower class and the rich and poor.
-she attended school and returned home
-it was thought she would follow in her families foot steps and stay home to marry and live comfortably but she decided to live her life as a virgin but did not want to become a nun

-Julie another founder was from a very poor family. Her father made enough for her to attend school and she took her knowledge and taught the children what she learned who were unable to attend school themselves. 
-due to the hard life of being poor along with stress, it is believed to have caused her multiple sclerosis, and medicine was not advanced in europe


-these two sisters lived very different lives. When the french revolution broke out, franchise took care of her parents until her mother and grandfather passed away. she went back home to tend to the peasants who were sick. Eventually, her family was imprisoned. Julie was bed ridden as a result of her illness and continued to teach children and adults all she had learned in school. Once the revolution ended a women introduced julie and franchise. While she was taken back by julies condition, they became good friends who spent time helping others and developing the missions of notre dame to help others in troubled times which is one of the schools core missions today. 

This was all very surprising to me to hear about the lives of the two sisters. Before I read the handout, I assumed these women all came from elite backrounds and had a very easy simple life. But after reading, it was quite the opposite and almost admirable to see the struggles they faced and how they still managed to help others and create a mission that we still follow today. 

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