Editorial Cartoons
...Times were used widely during the 1950s through 1970s. Over the years, the newspaper had used both in house and syndicated cartoons. These cartoons covered major historical events, including the Vatican II, and the Civil Rights Movement. Examining the drawings reveals how Catholics reacted to world events. Earl H. Wolf
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...ls and some attempts by politicians, most notably Boss Tweed, to use state money to help fund these parochial schools raised concern that these religious institutions would replace the public school system completely.[2] One of Nast’s most famous cartoons, “The American River Ganges,” published in 1871 depicts bishops shaped as
Mary Brackett Willcox and Catholicism in the Suburbs
...Mills in 1726, which would go on to print paper for Benjamin Franklin and money for the United States.[3] The Willcox’s were a pioneering Catholic family in the area and were responsible for creating what would later become St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in 1729. This mission, based out of
The Immaculata Mighty Macs
...’s dominance of women’s basketball waned as public universities, with more money for recruitment and scholarships, began to take over. The passage of Title IX in 1972 allowed more women than ever to play sports but shifted the spotlight away from the small women’s college in Chester County. Nevertheless, the