The Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity (SHN) is an Anglican religious order for women founded in 1882 by Charles Chapman Grafton SSJE.
Sister Ruth Margaret Vose (1826-1910) was its first mother superior.
The order was incorporated in Wisconsin on May 29, 1921, and remains active in the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac.
Sister Abigail assumed office as reverend mother in 2012.
Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, A History of the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity: Advancing the Anglo-Catholic Movement in the Episcopal Church.