Margaret Ellen Traxler, SSND (Peggy) was the daughter of a country doctor and a country nurse whose family lived in Hendersen, MN. She could remember her parents being away for an overnight, delivering a baby at a neighboring farmhouse or caring for someone in distress. This compassion of her parents made a deep impression on her. She loved adventure, debating new ideas, and playing the trumpet. Her SSND teachers encouraged her.
When Peggy entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1942, her father told Mother Andrina, Mankato Provincial Leader, “If you dare to break her spirit, she’s coming home.” Her spirit only grew stronger, and Margaret was a “voice of change” throughout her lifetime as a School Sister of Notre Dame. Richard McClory, a writer for Chicago Magazine, published an article in which he recoginzed the energy and love for the poor that made Margaret Ellen Traxler a “voice of change.”
Read all about Sister Peggy and how she made her voice heard over on the Sturdy Roots website.
