Catholic Archives - Page 16 of 18

Diane Nash

American civil rights activist

Emma Tenayuca

Emma Tenayuca was a Mexican-American labor organizer and civil rights activist who led strikes by women workers in Texas in the 1930s.

Una O’Higgins O’Malley

Irish peace and reconciliation activist

Thomasita Fessler

Renowned American sculptor and a Dominican nun known for her contributions to religious and liturgical art.

Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena

Argentine aristocrat and philanthropist.

Dr Gerty Cori

Czech-American biochemist who, in 1947, became the third woman to receive a Nobel Prize in science and the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Grace Gifford

Irish cartoonist and republican

Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver was a key figure in the Kennedy family, known for her philanthropy. She founded the Special Olympics, a sports organization for those with physical and intellectual disabilities, earning her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984 for her dedicated efforts.