Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists

..., botanical, and historical organizations and associations, such as the American Catholic Historical Society for which Jane served as recording secretary for a time, as well as the City History Society of Philadelphia, the Audubon Society, St. Vincent’s Aid Society, the Civic Club, the Mercantile Club, and the Women’s Press

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Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons

...illustrated the Draft Riots of July 1863, where Irish Catholics attacked African-Americans throughout New York City. At the top of the drawing Nast wrote that the Irish Catholic is bound to respect “no caste, no sect, no nation, any rights,” highlighting the believed lack of respect the Irish immigrants had

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Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...gs in the view are one or more of the other parish buildings which are sometimes labeled but generally are not. St. Stanislaus Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin A number of the exterior views also include vignettes of the pastor or other parish buildings such as the school, rectory and convent or

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

...ll. https://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=6958159. [8] “Historical Timeline,” Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, http://www.nationalshrine.com/site/c.osJRKVPBJnH/b.4784521/k.E4CB/Historical_Timeline.htm. [9] Tweed, America’s Church, 30. [10] Ibid., 31. [11] “Historical Timeline.” [12] Geraldine Rohling, “The Dedication of the Cornerstone,” Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, http:/...

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