By Patrick J. Hayes, Ph.D., Redemptorist Archives, Philadelphia It is a truism that information is power. When one is the gatekeeper of information, one assumes a greater degree of responsibility, of access, and of importance. This certainly attaches to the life and work of Catherine Schaefer, a mediator and shaper of sensitive information between the…
Post by: Dr Carmen M. Mangion, Birkbeck, University of London Nancy Stewart Parnell was born in Chelsea, London on 14 May1901. The eldest child of playwright Bertram Damer Parnell and Madeleine (née Bryne) Parnell, she was a compelling feminist voice in early twentieth-century Britain whose life’s work – shaped by Catholicism, feminism and pacifism – informed…
Post by: Professor Yvonne Maria Werner, LUX, Historiska institutionen, Lunds universitet Ellen Ammann was a Swedish-born Catholic social reformer, educator, and politician whose work left a lasting imprint on Bavarian Catholic social life in the early twentieth century. Her life and achievements illustrate how religious conviction, social engagement, and women’s emerging public roles converged in early…