Bogle gives a detailed description of the order's expansion, such as the founding of a house at Uxbridge by Katherine Flanagan, of which she became mother superior before moving to Vadstena, Sweden, the birthplace of St Bridget. (faith.org.uk)
A girl is forced to take vows as a nun in Jacques Rivette's 1966 drama, based on the novel by Denis Diderot, which sees the new convert treated in radically different ways from three different mother superiors — each one more surprising than the last. (vodzilla.co)
Fast - forward a dozen years and we find Peter and his fellow foundlings sharing the misfortune of being under the thumb of a sadistic mother superior (Kathy Burke). (kamwilliams.com)