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​ She was born August 26,1910 in Skopje
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She was from Albanian descent

She joined the Sisters of Coreto when she was 18

On May 24,1931 she became a nun

From 1931 to 1948 she taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, India

In 1948 she devoted herself to working with the poorest of the poor

She opened an open -air school for slum children

In 1979 she recieved the Nobel Peace Prize

On October 7,1950 she recieved permission to start her own order "The Missionaries of Charity" She died in 1997