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Isabel Shepperson
b. 1867
A prolific American writer, teacher, and Catholic scholar, she published poetry, history, and religious works under both her own name and the name Sister Mary Fides. Her life joined literary ambition with academic achievement, including a pioneering place in Catholic higher education.
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Battles of Destiny
by Isabel Shepperson
About the author
Born in 1867, Isabel Shepperson later entered the Sisters of Mercy and became known in print as Sister Mary Fides Shepperson. Sources available online describe her as a prolific writer, with works ranging from poetry to history and religious studies, and Project Gutenberg lists a substantial body of her books.
Shepperson studied in Pittsburgh and is noted by the University of Pittsburgh for receiving her BA from Duquesne University in 1911, where she was the first woman graduate. She later completed a PhD in English in 1923, writing a dissertation that compared Saint Thomas Aquinas and Herbert Spencer.
Her books include Battles of Destiny, Harp of Milan, and Seventeen Crises in World History. Taken together, they suggest an author interested in big historical questions, faith, and the moral shape of human events.