National Council of Catholic Women

...as a way to better organize other regional and local women groups. In this way, it would serve more as an umbrella organization to help coordinate action between associations rather than a local group focused on a single issue.[2] Indeed, the NCCW saw itself as a federation seeking to unite

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Victory Mass

...d that without Divine help victory would not be possible and that the only way to gain His mercy was by having lives pleasing to God. However, Lamb believed that it was “futile for us to make America worthy of God’s blessing,” since “many have forgotten the God of their

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Education

...f the cartoon, Uncle Sam can be seen grabbing a gun implying that the only way to protect the schools, and by extension America, is to eliminate the Church. “Madness (Yet there’s method in it),” January 15, 1876 This cartoon takes much of its inspiration from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet as

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Josephine Walsh (center) on her way to Europe, July 1900

A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries

...d Joseph Walsh, both of whom were doctors. Josephine Walsh (center) on her way to Europe, July 1900 Josephine Walsh was the youngest child of Martin Walsh, a prominent general goods businessman who lived in Parsons, PA, and Bridget Golden Walsh, the niece of Martin’s business partner. As one of

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