Sister Elizabeth Kenny examining a child and lecturing to visitors.

Sister Elizabeth Kenny examining a child and lecturing to visitors

Sister Elizabeth Kenny examining a child and lecturing to visitors c.1945.

Black and white photograph of Sister Irmina Kelehan (bottom left) and other Sisters of St. Joseph setting sail for Japan, 1956.

Sister Irmina Kelehan and other Sisters of St. Joseph

Sister Irmina Kelehan (bottom left) and other Sisters of St. Joseph setting sail for Japan, 1956. Photographed by Don Bosco. Image used courtesy of the archives of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul Province.

Sister Kenny

Video about Australian nurse Elizabeth Kenny, founder of the Sister Kenny Institute, created by the Minnesota Historical Society, May 22, 2012.

Sister Kenny demonstrates her techniques

Sister Kenny demonstrates her therapy techniques

Sister Kenny demonstrates her therapy techniques, c.1942. Her pioneering physical therapeutic approach to polio first received a positive response at the University of Minnesota and later shaped the standard treatment for polio.

Sister Kenny Institute polio patients help Sister Kenny celebrate Institute's first birthday.

Sister Kenny Institute polio patients help Sister Kenny celebrate Institute's first birthday

Sister Kenny Institute polio patients help Sister Kenny celebrate Institute's first birthday. December 1943.

Sister Kenny Institute staff help Sister Kenny celebrate Institute's first birthday.

Sister Kenny Institute staff help Sister Kenny celebrate Institute's first birthday

Sister Kenny Institute staff helps Sister Kenny celebrate Institute's first birthday. December 1943.

Sister Kenny's Polio Solution

In this brief radio documentary, MN90 producer Andi McDaniel learns how Aussie-Minnesotan Elizabeth Kenny revolutionized polio care.

Sister Mary Giovanni Gourhan, 1972. Gourhan founded the Guadalupetrea Project Alternative School in 1962.

Sister Mary Giovanni Gourhan

Sister Mary Giovanni Gourhan, 1972. Gourhan founded the Guadalupetrea Project Alternative School in 1962.

Black and white photograph of Sister Mary William Brady, Agnes Keenan, and Sister Maris Stella Smith (later Sister Alice Smith), 1961.

Sister Mary William Brady, Agnes Keenan, and Sister Maris Stella

From left to right: Sister Mary William Brady, Agnes Keenan, and Sister Maris Stella Smith (later Sister Alice Smith), 1961. From the Agnes Keenan Collection. St. Catherine University Archives, St. Paul.

Sisters of St. Benedict in front of the Gardner family house

Sisters of St. Benedict in front of the Gardner family house

Sisters of St. Benedict in front of the Gardner family house (301 Summit Avenue, St. Paul) in 1948. Used with the permission of the Germanic-American Institute.

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