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Mother Leone Ryan (1900-1989) was an Australian nun and educator. She was elected as superior-general of the Sisters of St. Joseph and worked to expand the Catholic school system in Australia.

Early life
Mother Leone Ryan was born Annie Ryan on March 22, 1900 in Allendale, Victoria. She was the youngest of the five children of Denis Ryan, a miner who had immigrated from Ireland, and Winifred, née McCormick. Annie studied at Ascot Vale and studied to be a teacher with the Department of Education (Victoria). She taught in Maribyrnong for a short time before entering the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Hawthorn.

Ryan took her religious vows on April 13, 1921. She studied Montessori methods at Blackfriars teachers' college. She also trained at the Kindergarten Union training college at Woolloomooloo

In 1922,