Education

...its way into a school room as the children barricade the door. In the background of 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),”

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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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Ann Mattingly’s Miracle Cure

...Perfect, an online catalog that is available through PAHRC's website. That way, instead of blindly searching through boxes, all you need to do is a search through the database to locate a pamphlet. Something interesting that I’ve come across are several pamphlets about miracles. Three pamphlets published between 1810 and

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

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

...lot in life and my fortunate position, even though I couldn’t see it that way." Her brother's refusal to allow her to attend school. Her brother's refusal to allow her to attend school (cont.) Dr. James Walsh lecture on the proper duty of women - "to bear many children, that

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