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Edith O'Gorman, 1865-1880. O'Gorman, Edith (escaped nun from Canada?), between 1865 and 1880. [Irish woman who emigrated to the USA and became a nun. Later converted to Protestantism and wrote Convent Life Unveiled: The Trials and Persecutions of Miss Edith O'Gorman, an exposé of the many cruelties which she had allegedly endured during her time as a nun at St Joseph's Convent in Hudson City, New Jersey].