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Katie : the young life of mother Katharine Drexel Claire Jordan Mohan
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks BX 4210 .K3 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mohan, Claire Jordan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.
- Faith.
- Biography--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Biography.
- Nuns--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Nuns.
- Drexel, Katharine Mary, Saint, 1858-1955.
- Drexel, Katharine Mary.
- Physical Description:
- 71 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Young life of mother Katharine Drexel
- Place of Publication:
- Worcester, PA : Young Sparrow Press, c2001.
- Summary:
- Describes the young life of Katharine Drexel, a wealthy Philadelphia heiress, who surprised the world when she gave up her wealth to serve God and devote her life to supporting and caring for Native and African Americans. It reveals the events in her young life that led her to found the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament whose mission was to serve these peoples at a time when their plight was largely ignored.
- Local Notes:
- The Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 0962150029 (pbk.)
- 9780962150029 (pbk.)
- OCLC:
- 52548714
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