Rebels in Bondage By Ivy May Bolton

Ivy May Bolton was born in London on May 18 1879 She lived in England until she was fourteen when her family came to the United States settling in New York She graduated in 1898 from St Gabriels School Peekskill and in 1901 entered the training class of the New York Public Library and worked at the Bruce Branch until 1908 Miss Bolton taught at the Brearley School in New York in 1909 and 1910 leaving there to become librarian at St Mary s School Peekskill New York In 1911 she entered the Community of St Mary Episcopal She took the name Sister Mercedes and made her life vows on August 18 1914 She taught at St Mary s Peekskill St Katharines Davenport Iowa Kemper Hall Kenosha Wisconsin and Mount St Marys Sewan Ivy May Bolton was born in London on May 18 1879 She lived in England until she was fourteen when her family came to the United States settling in New York She graduated in 1898 from St Gabriel s School Peekskill and in 1901 entered the training class of the New York Public Library and worked at the Bruce Branch until 1908 Miss Bolton taught at the Brearley School in New York in 1909 and 1910 leaving there to become librarian at St Mary s School Peekskill New York In 1911 she entered the Community of St Mary Episcopal She took the name Sister Mercedes and made her life vows on August 18 1914 She taught at St Mary s Peekskill St Katharine s Davenport Iowa Kemper Hall Kenosha Wisconsin and Mount St Mary s Sewanee Tennessee She also worked at St Mary s Hospital for Children in Bayside New York She died at the Motherhouse in Peekskill on May 9 1961. Daughter of site_link of site_link site_link After unwittingly participating in Monmouth s Rebellion against King James II fifteen year old Betty and her friend Joyce are sent to the Colonies to be sold as bond servants And the man who sent them is determined that their families shall never find them again Rebels in Bondage.