Women's History

Roman Catholic Church and Women's History

Women in Roman Catholicism: saints, leaders and ordinary women.

A profile of Marie Joseph Butler, Irish-born leader of a Roman Catholic order and founder of Marymount colleges.

Quotes by Mary Daly - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.

Quotations from the founder of the Catholic Worker movement, including her plea not to trivialize her by making her a saint.

A biography of Henriette Delille, founder of an African American religious order in New Orleans in the 19th century.

Writings from and information about Sor Juana, Mexican poet and nun of the 17th century.

A collection of documents compiled by the Newman Center at CalTech, on Roman Catholic approaches to women's history and status.

An essay on the role of religious orders in Civil War medicine. Graphic reproduction of a typewritten essay.