Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ laghachiri Cincinnati, ọ nọrọ ọtụtụ n'ime afọ ndị fọdụrụnụ dị ka onye na-akwado nkà, na ọrụ ebere na ọrụ ebere, wee guzobe Ladies 'Academy of Fine Arts. Sarah Peter ghọrọ onye Katọlik na Rome na Machị, 1855, onye Bishọp Mermillod kụziiri ya ihe n'ebe ahụ. Ntọala nke Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Sisters of Mercy, Little Sisters of the Poor na Cincinnati na ụlọ ọrụ ndị ọzọ ji mmesapụ aka ya ụgwọ. N'afọ 1862, o wepụtara onwe ya dịka nọọsụ, ma soro ụmụnne nwanyị ndị soro ndị agha General Grant n'ebe ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ mgbe
Agha nke Pittsburg.