Dr. Dolores Grier (1931-2018) was one of the most passionate advocates of justice, both in the pro-life and civil rights movements, of the 20th and 21st centuries. She founded the Association of Black Catholics Against Abortion and served on the boards of the African American Society Against Abortion and the New York State Right to […]
A Catholic prep school graduate, Lucy Burns (1879-1966) gave up language studies in Europe to join Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters in their fight for women’s suffrage. At a protest, Burns befriended fellow American Alice Paul; in 1912, they returned to the U.S. to lead the National American Woman Suffrage Association and other groups. When
The shy child of a militiaman, Clara Barton (1821- 1912) became a successful teacher and opened the first free school in New Jersey, but office politics drove her to the Civil War front. By 1862, Barton was providing food and medical care to Union soldiers at major battles including Antietam and Fredericksburg. Dubbed the “Angel
March 13, 2023 Maternal Mortality Has maternal mortality really increased exponentially in the U.S.? We went to expert OB-GYN Dr. Ingrid Skop to explain. The data deficiencies and problems inherent in calculating maternal mortality in the United States are well documented and have plagued calculations for years. In fact, the U.S. did not publish a maternal mortality
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