A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...a woman in the early twentieth century. It appears that her family did not support her ambition. Her brother James in particular had a very strict idea of a woman’s domestic responsibilities, and did not allow her to pursue anything else. "When I had kept house for about a year,
Collection Development Policy
...ifacts, and includes the Cardinal Krol Memorabilia Collection. In order to support study of the collections, CHRC maintains a library with both reference and research materials, including Archdiocesan and National Catholic directories, Philadelphia City directories, and encyclopedias. Secondary sources include scholarship relating to the history of Catholicism in the United
Drexel Beatification
...eliminating the Promotor of the Faith (Devil’s Advocate) and reducing the number of miracles required for canonization from three to two. The first step in the process was to examine all of Katharine Drexel’s writings and interview as many people who knew her as possible. On January 26, 1987, she
Pope
...al Republican and the Democratic Parties for the 1872 election. As a major supporter of President Grant, Thomas Nast connected Greeley to Tammany Hall to depict him as unfit for office. “The German Vote,” November 2, 1872 In 1872, Senator Carl Schurz created the Liberal Republican Party to oppose the