The Newest American Saints – January 2013 Newsletter
In October 2012, the Vatican chose seven new saints. The two Americans canonized were both women – Kateri 
Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint from the U.S. and Mother Marianne Cope – both featured in Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America. We are pleased to tell you about these two women in this month’s enewsletter. No matter your religious beliefs or practices, join us in saluting these two saints who helped to change America.
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numbers of hours we can work, and many other “labor reforms.” Corporate and industrial workplaces were not always safe, the conditions were not necessarily sanitary, and the health and welfare of the workers was not a top concern of employers. This month we profile three women whose efforts led to significant labor reforms.
recognize that women were not ‘allowed’ in many businesses and professions. We do take so much for granted today. So, women really concentrated on their experiences in the homes.
era. This month, we celebrate the accomplishments of space exploration to date, by featuring Jerrie Cobb, Sally Ride, and Mae Jemison.
when they were in a “family way.” Did you know that before the early 1900s, ‘proper’ women could not be seen in public when they were pregnant? We are talking here about middle class and upper class women, whose clothing was made for them by private seamstresses or family servants. Not surprisingly, there were no commercially available maternity clothes. Working class women, who did work throughout their pregnancy, ‘made do’ with larger size clothing or men’s overshirts topping their regular skirts and tops.