Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons

...red American society. In the immediate aftermath of the Orange Riot of July 12, 1871 in New York City, in which Irish Catholics clashed with the National Guard protecting an Irish Protestant parade, Nast drew a number of anti-Irish cartoons for Harper’s Weekly. One cartoon illustrated the Draft Riots of

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Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find

...icle to support land reform in Ireland and promote Irish independence. July 15, 1882 issue of McGee's Illustrated Weekly noting the sale of the paper to Redpath. The first issue of the newly named Redpath’s McGee’s Illustrated Weekly appeared July 22, 1882. Redpath’s editorial comments in the first issue clearly

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The Church and Labor

...lic Men, 1934), P002.2186 [6] John O’Brien, The Church and a Living Wage, (New York: Paulist Press, 1937), P020.136 [7] Raymond Feely, Communism and Union Labor: Where Do You Stand? (New York: Paulist Press, 1937), P020.204 [8] Pius XI, Social Reconstruction [9] John Coogan, Rome and the American Labor Union,

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Misericordia Hospital

...the Sisters of Mercy, (1915) On July 2, 1918 the Sisters of Mercy opened a new 100 bed hospital in West Philadelphia.[1] Named Misericordia Hospital, the opening of hospital was a long project that dated back to 1910 when Archbishop Prendergast first approached the Sisters about building a hospital.[2] So

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