Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home
...ny dances at the club Unlike the Benedict Club of the First World War, the new Benedict Club was focused on entertainment not sleeping accommodations. Numerous famous singers and dances would perform at the club, including Guy Lombardo and Walter O’Keefe.[9] With an army of 6,000 female volunteers, the club
In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell
...1795-1963 (MC 90) Finding aid. [2] Engbers, Susanna Kelly. "A Woman Both "New" and "True": Jane Campbell as Catholic Suffragist." American Catholic Studies 126, no. 2 (2015), 31. [3] Jane Campbell Obituary, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8195. [4] Catholic Standard and Times, June, 14, 1919. [5] Catholic Standard and Times, August 2, 1913. [6]
The Bishop’s Bank
...eir savings with a private institution. Perhaps their unfamiliarity with a new environment or the anti-Catholic prejudice they encountered made them distrustful. Bishop Francis P. Kenrick recognized the problem these workers faced. In May of 1848 he opened a bank to receive, and pay interest on, the deposits of working
Centennial Exposition
...eeting of the delegates of the Roman Catholic Central Society, June 1876, (New York: Hickey & Co, 1976), P001.1604. Archives Archives Select Month March 2025 December 2024 October 2024 July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February