In the 1990s, genealogist and researcher Sunny Jane Morton spent an 18-month mission in East Los Angeles for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Courtesy of Sunny Jane Morton)Genealogist and author Sunny Jane Morton loves researching Catholic sisters. Genealogist and researcher Sunny Jane Morton poses at a book signing at RootsTech 2026, March in Salt Lake City. (Courtesy of Sunny Jane Morton)Why is the history of Catholic women religious important in the broader context of U.S. history? When I started learning their history, I was stunned that I had never learned it before because I love women's history, religious history, and history of reform and humanitarian movements.