Saint Katharine: The Life of Katharine Drexel
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A Gilded-Age Woman Who Devoted Her Life and Fortune to the American Dispossessed, Established Her Own Religious Order, and Was Ultimately Canonized
When Katharine Drexel was born in 1858, her grandfather, financier Francis Martin Drexel, had a fortune so vast he was able to provide a loan of sixty million dollars to the Union's cause during the Civil War. Her uncle and mentor, Anthony, established Drexel University to provide instruction...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1594162115
ISBN13:9781594162114
Release Date:November 2014
Publisher:Westholme Publishing
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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Saints, Believe it or not, can be relevant.
Published by Conrad L. Donakowski , 4 years ago
A dynamic woman by any standard, who applied her enormous talent, charm, connections--and huge fortune--to helping Black and Native Americans. Lots of lessons in this easy read about the first US-born saint. What a relief from the likes of Phyllis Schlafly. Saintly beats Schlafly any day.
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