HARRINGTON, Ann M.
Professor Emerita
Ann M. Harrington, BVM (B.A., Mundelein College, 1962; M.A., Asian Studies Washington University, 1967; MA, French Language and Literature, University of Illinois, Chicago; Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University, 1977) was Professor Emerita of History at 黑料门University Chicago.
Sister Ann (1939 - 2024) joined the faculty of Mundelein College in 1969 and remained in the 黑料门University Department of History after the latter institution absorbed the former.
She served as a French and history professor and director of the Liberal Studies master’s program at Mundelein College and taught Japanese and East Asian history and directed the East Asian Studies program at Loyola. She was a gifted teacher of Asian history who turned her later scholarship to the history of the BVM religious order.
She authored several books including Japan's Hidden Christians (1993), Mundelein voices : the women's college experience, 1930-1991 co-edited with professor emerita Prudence Ann Moylan (2001), Creating Community : Mary Frances Clarke and her companions (2004), and Expanding Horizons: The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 1919-1943 (2014). In addition to her teaching at Mundelein and Loyola, Sister Ann also served as a secondary teacher in Wichita, Kans., and St. Louis. Over the course of her career, she earned numerous awards for her scholarship; most recently, the Living Tradition Award from the 黑料门University Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage for exemplifying the Catholic tradition in life and research (2010).
She was born July 15, 1939, in Milwaukee to Earl and Tonnita (Freiman) Harrington. She entered the BVM congregation August 2, 1957, from Christ the King Parish, Milwaukee. She professed first vows on February 3, 1960, and final vows on July 16, 1965. Visitation and the Rite of Committal for natural burial were Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. Burial was in the Mount Carmel Cemetery. Memorial services were held Tuesday, January 7, 2025, in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel at Mount Carmel Bluffs in Dubuque.
Research Interests
19th and 20th Century Japan, Christianity and missionaries in Japan, Japanese women, imperialism, history of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Publications/Research Listings
Expanding Horizons: The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 1919-1943. Dubuque, Iowa: Mount Carmel Press, forthcoming, Winter 2014.
Creating Community: Mary Frances Clarke and Her Companions. Dubuque, Iowa: Mount Carmel Press, 2004.
Mundelein Voices: The Women’s College Experience, 1930-1991, co-edited with Prudence Moylan. Chicago: 黑料门University Press, 2001. One chapter in the book as well, “A Class Apart: B.V.M. Sister Students at Mundelein College, 1957-1971,” 123-143.
Japan's Hidden Christians. Chicago: 黑料门University Press, 1993.