Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu

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After the World War I Women in the Progressive Era achieved many important activities. Among them Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu also call Mother Teresa, born on August 27, 1910 in a devout Catholics family in Skopje, Yugoslavia and died on 5th September 1979. (Guntzelman, J, n.d.) Mother Teresa was a strong, beautiful, kind and an independent woman with remarkable heart when it comes to help others, specially orphan children. She was obedient, willing to listen to others ideas and follow her own state of mind even if it seems not in the same direction to others opinions. This report will describe Mother Teresa’s lifestyle and achievement.
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu came from a devout catholic Christian family. Her family were ethnic Albanians. (Massachusetts
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(Meg Greene, 2004) After 10 years helping the destitute in the slums of Calcutta, where 100,000 were homeless Mother Teresa's "call" was caring for the sick and poor. (BBC, 2003) She established a new congregation Missionaries of charity in which open Shishu Bhavan House for abandoned and handicapped children. (Meg Greene, 2004) In 1952, she established Nirmal Hriday hospice where the terminally ill could die with dignity. Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel in 1979, she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of "the throwaway of society". She asked that the grand gala dinner be cancelled and the proceeds be given to the poor of Calcutta. (O’Connel, …show more content…
Brian Kolodiejchuk, who has led the case for Mother Teresa's sainthood. Kolodiejchuk also edited "Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta," published in 2007. (Las Vegas Sun, 2016) A Memorial Museum of Mother Teresa was establish in Calcutta by the Indian government “This museum will drive a great deal of traffic to Ave Maria town and from school buses to tour buses to Harley-Davidsons,” said President Jim Towey, who worked with Teresa of Calcutta for 12 year (Christina Cepero, 2014) in addition a memorial room (museum) was opened in the Feudal Tower in Skopje, a building in which she used to play as a

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