Margaret Mary Healy Murphy

Margaret Mary Jane Healy Murphy (May 4, 1833 - August 25, 1907) was an Irish–American Catholic religious sister and early civil rights activist. She was the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate, the first order of sisters in the state of Texas, as well as the first free private school for African Americans in San Antonio.

She and her family crossed the Atlantic Ocean and eventually moved westward from West Virginia to Mexico and Texas, where her family were owners of slaves before the American Civil War. She lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, until her mid-fifties. After the death of her husband, she embarked on her life's vocation. Throughout her life, she helped the poor and reached out to help African Americans and Mexican Americans.

Her cause for canonization was initiated in June 2021.