Women and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America


lcwr exhibitLCWR has mounted an exhibit on the rich history and contributions of Catholic sisters in the United States. The exhibit opened at Cincinnati Museum Center on May 16, 2009. Through photographs, artifacts and documentary material drawn from the archives of many congregations, Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, tells how sisters played a vital role in shaping American life from before the earliest days of the republic and throughout its history.  You will
meet women who corresponded with President Thomas Jefferson, talked down bandits and roughnecks, lugged pianos into the wilderness, and provided the nation’s first health insurance to Midwestern loggers. Discover sisters’ courage during the Civil War, the Gold Rush, the San Francisco Earthquake, the Influenza Epidemic, the Civil Rights Movement, and Hurricane Katrina.

 

for the exhibit in a place near you.

The exhibit is currently booked at the following locations:

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bulletSeptember 24, 2010 – January 22, 2011
Statue of Liberty National Monument / Ellis Island Immigration Museum (Liberty Island, New York)

 
bulletFebruary 2011 - April 2011
The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (Dubuque, Iowa)

 
bulletJune 17, 2011 - August 14, 2011
Mount St. Mary's College (Los Angeles, California)

 
bulletSeptember 2, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Center for History in association with the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College (South Bend, Indiana)
 

To learn the history of the project as well as an explanation of the exhibit go to the website
Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America

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