Maura Clarke (January 13, 1931 – December 2, 1980), was an American

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Maryknoll sister who served as a

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and

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. She worked with the poor and

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from 1959 until her

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in 1980. On December 2, 1980, she was beaten, raped, and murdered along with three fellow missionaries — Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan — by members of the military of El Salvador.

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Ford v. Garcia Trial Background
Legal history section of PBS website on "Justice and the Generals" presentation in 2002. Accessed October 7, 2005.
The Maura Clarke – Ita Ford Center of Brooklyn, New York

Maryknoll Sisters website. Accessed October 7, 2005.

Memorial program in El Salvador in honor of the four churchwomen; accessed December 9, 2006.

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